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Now playing Next World LISA Pathfinder to seek out Einstein's gravity waves, reveal true universe From the Guiana spaceport near Kourou, just five degrees north of the equator, our correspondent Claudio Rosmino waited with baited breath for 02/12/2015
Now playing Next World LISA Pathfinder's mission poised to discover the secrets of gravity The European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder mission, originally scheduled to lift off from French Guyana in the early hours of December 2, has been 01/12/2015
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