UF To Play Key Role in Groundbreaking Laser Interferometer Space Antenna Mission

The University of Florida’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering has partnered with NASA to develop hardware that will fly on the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission being led by the European Space Agency (ESA).

UF is the only academic institution in the United States to be awarded a contract to develop hardware to fly on the LISA mission, which is set to launch in the mid-2030s.

The mission will see three spacecraft orbit the sun with the goal of advancing the understanding of the universe and explore the origin and evolution of black holes. UF’s Precision Space Systems Laboratory will develop the Charge Management Device for the mission.

First Magnet Installed for the ALPS II Experiment at DESY

The international ALPS II (Any Light Particle Search) collaboration installed the first of 24 superconducting magnets, marking the start of the installation of a unique particle physics experiment to look for dark matter. Located at the German research center DESY in Hamburg, it is set to start taking data in 2021 by looking for dark […]