Paul Bate, chief executive of the UK Space Agency, said: “With major contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope and this new investment in Lisa, Scotland is at the heart of two of humanity’s most important and innovative space science missions.
The European Space Agency (ESA) project involves deploying three spacecraft which will orbit the sun more than 60 million kilometres from Earth, forming a triangle with sides 2.5 million kilometres long.
Ewan Fitzsimons, UK principal investigator for Lisa at UK ATC, said: “This investment in labs and staff will enable us to meet the exacting standards required for this groundbreaking project.
The £10 million funding will go towards creating new lab spaces at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), which will double its construction capabilities.
Scottish research laboratories are set to benefit from £10 million in funding for a European mission to deploy spacecraft which will measure ripples in the fabric of spacetime.
