LISA Pathfinder handover

Christian Trenkel, Airbus Defence & Space Ltd system engineer (left), Dave Wealthy, Airbus Defence & Space Ltd senior system engineer and commissioning lead (centre), and Ian Honstvet, Airbus Defence & Space Ltd Project Manager (right), after the formal review of the mission's commissioning period, held in ESTEC on 7 March 2015.

Launched on 3 December 2015, LISA Pathfinder is testing the fundamental technologies and instrumentation needed for future gravitational-wave observatories in space.