So, this week on my YouTube channel, I decided to do a video on LISA Pathfinder. Chances are you probably haven't heard of it before, but LISA Pathfinder is the European Space Agencies upcoming mission, set to launch before the end of the year.
But it's a bit unusual, as it's not going to directly be doing any amazing science. Instead, it's going to test a lot of new technology and techniques set to be used on the future ESA mission LISA. So LISA Pathfinder is the pre-mission to LISA (which stands for laser interferometer space antennae).
It might therefore sound a bit boring, but LISA itself is going to try to detect the elusive gravitational waves, first predicted by Albert Einstein that have until now been elusive to us. LISA won't launch for around 20 years, so there's plenty of time to test everything for it and make sure it will probably work!
So, check out my video below to learn more about this really interesting mission!
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