ESA gives go-ahead for flagship gravitational-wave observatory in space
Published: 25 January 2024
LISA, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, has passed a major review: the entire concept - from the definition of the overall mission and operations to the space hardware to be built - stood up to the intense scrutiny of ESA’s reviewers. Now the space agency’s Science Programme Committee (SPC) has confirmed that LISA is sufficiently mature and that mission development can proceed as planned. LISA should go into orbit in the mid 2030s.