Notes for Editors (LISA Pathfinder)
LISA Pathfinder was built by an industrial team led by the prime contractor, Airbus Defence & Space Ltd. Airbus Defence & Space GmbH provided the integrated LISA Technology Package payload and a consortium of European companies and research institutes provided its subsystems. NASA provided additional hardware and software that contributes to the mission by validating an alternative technological approach to keeping the spacecraft from making contact with the test masses.