Public talk (in German) “10 years after LISA Pathfinder: sensational results for the LISA mission”

  • Date: Nov 19, 2025
  • Time: 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Sarah Paczkowski, Lennart Wissel
  • Location: AEI Hannover, Callinstr. 38, 30167 Hannover
  • Room: Raum 103/106
  • Host: Benjamin Knispel
  • Contact: benjamin.knispel@aei.mpg.de
  • Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
Against a starry background stand the Earth, a satellite (labeled “LISA Pathfinder”) and a laser triangle (labeled “LISA”).
Illustration of LISA and LISA Pathfinder against a background showing gravitational waves and LISA Pathfinder measurement data. (Image: Lennart Wissel/ESA – C. Carreau/S. Barke)
LISA Pathfinder paved the way for measuring gravitational waves in space.
Ten years ago, the LISA Pathfinder satellite was launched. On board: a laser, two golden cubes, and many sophisticated sensors. Among other things, we wanted to test whether we could measure the perfect, undisturbed free fall of the cubes in space – a crucial prerequisite for LISA, the ESA mission to observe gravitational waves in space. LISA Pathfinder was a huge success, an important milestone on the road to LISA, and continues to help us build the mission today.
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