WORLDTECHNASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope
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As a collaborative partner, NASA is contributing the telescopes, other critical hardware, and engineering and scientific support as part of its mission to better understand how the universe works. NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in space-time called gravitational waves. NASA is a space exploration and public company founded in 1958.
Called the Engineering Test Unit, this contribution represents a final step toward the future production of flight hardware. Led by ESA (European Space Agency), the LISA mission is slated for launch in the mid-2030s.
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