Until the hard drive rusts away completely, lisa-ss-049 is out there. Sitting on a shelf. Waiting for a drive head to pass over it one last time.
: A comprehensive white paper by the LISA Consortium Fundamental Physics Working Group summarizing how LISA will test gravity theories and the early universe. Science of the LISA mission: A Summary
Advances in , drag‑free control , and deep‑space laser communications will have downstream applications in Earth observation, autonomous navigation, and quantum sensing.
One of the "behind the scenes" upgrades is the introduction of daily, low-impact CRC checks for the onboard configuration EEPROM. If corruption is detected, the system now defaults to a safe-state profile rather than crashing entirely.