LISA Pathfinder is a European Space Agency mission to test the critical technologies required to observe low frequency gravitational waves from space.

Joined July 2015
Farewell & thank you #LISAPathfinder, a trailblazing mission paving the way for #LISA sci.esa.int/lisa-pathfinder/…
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#LAST COMMAND sent #LISAPathfinder now fully passivated & shut down on a heliocentric disposal orbit #Eom
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Ready to push the #redbutton #LisaPathfinder principle investigator Stefano Vitale, University of Trento, readying to send last command #eom
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Will go live in a few minutes from the Main Control Room at ESOC for #LISAPathfinder last command #EoM
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Readying to send #LastCommand to #LISAPathfinder - mission team, scientists, friends & family join to say farewell
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Update from the Main Control Room: A-chain of #LISAPathfinder's redundant on-board systems now OFF & craft is flying on its B-chain
The carrier signal will disappear ~10s after last command is sent at 20:00CEST, indicating that #LISAPathfinder's transmitter is OFF xitter.cf/esaoperations/status/8…
Channel your inner mission control engineer! The waveform shown here is the carrier signal from #LISAPathfinder (1/2)
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Talking to space! ESA's 35m deep-space station at Cebreros (Spain) now linked with #LISAPathfinder for the final pass #EOM
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We have #AOS! #LISAPathfinder controllers established contact with their craft for the last time just after 16:00CEST
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It's a bit of a sad day, but we're terminating this mission having achieved all goals - ESA Flight Director Andreas Rudolph #LISAPathfinder
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Farewell briefing with scientists, engineers and mission managers now underway at #ESOC #LISAPathfinder #eom
From #LISAPathfinder to #LISA, watch video report as one mission paves way for the next: youtube.com/watch?v=bPNXZnaL…
#LISAPathfinder project scientist Paul McNamara gets ready for a media interview in our Main Control Room at #ESOC @ESA_LPF #eom
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Today is #LISAPathfinder's last day of operations. Last command to be sent ~2000CEST. Follow @esaoperations for tweets from mission control
No comm link scheduled w/ @ESA_LPF today. Monday, team to begin 'passivation' - to comply w/ #debris mitigation guidelines #LISApathfinder
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#LISAPathfinder: Bake, rattle & roll - the backstory on this week's rare in-flight hardware test campaign #eom esa.int/Our_Activities/Opera…