Program News and Announcements

14 June 2016

LISA Pathfinder Mission First Results

We would like to call your attention to the announcement of first results from the LISA Pathfinder mission. The team held a press event on June 7, 2016 announcing results from the European phase of the mission and publication of an article in Physical Review Letters. For more information, please follow the links below.

Congratulations to the LISA Pathfinder Team!

• Physical Review Letters publication (Editor's Highlight & Cover Article)
  • Sub-Femto-g Free Fall for Space-Based Gravitational Wave Observatories: LISA Pathfinder Results
• Washington Post
  • This spaceship is great at falling—and that could help us understand the universe
• ESA Press Release
  • LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations
• NASA Press Release
  • LISA Pathfinder Mission Paves Way for Space-based Detection of Gravitational Waves