European Space Agency ESA gives Lisa mission the green light
Published: Thursday, Jan 25th 2024, 14:40
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The "Lisa" space mission to research gravitational waves in space has officially been given the green light. The European Space Agency (ESA) gave the mission the go-ahead for implementation, as it announced on Thursday.
Swiss researchers are also involved. "It's a huge project," Domenico Giardini from ETH Zurich, who is involved in the mission, told the Keystone-SDA news agency. "Three generations of researchers and engineers will be involved."
The aim of the Lisa mission is to measure gravitational waves in space free of interference. A measuring system is to be set up around 50 million kilometers from Earth using three satellites. Researchers hope to gain insights into dark matter. The satellites are scheduled to be launched in 2035.
Over 120 research institutions in the USA and various European countries are involved in "Lisa". These include ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich.
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