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SPIDER CMB

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Balloon-borne experiment studying the early universe through measurements of the polarization of the cosmic microwave background. Supported by @NASA, @NSF

 Antarctica
spider.princeton.edu/
Joined March 2013
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SPIDER 1 (@SPIDER_CMB) CMB data products including maps, masks, EE/EB/BB power spectra, and likelihood values as a function of r, presented in ApJ 927, 174 (2022), are now available from LAMBDA at lambda.gsfc.nasa.gov/product…
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This Newfoundland scientist is studying the big bang with balloons in Antarctica: Susan Redmond, originally from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, was recently stationed at McMurdo Station in Antarctica as part of an interdisciplinary team of 15 researchers. dlvr.it/SjcMXH
This Newfoundland scientist is studying the big bang with balloons in Antarctica | CBC News

This Newfoundland scientist is studying the big bang with balloons in Antarctica | CBC News

Susan Redmond, originally from Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, was recently stationed at McMurdo Station in Antarctica as part of an interdisciplinary team of 15 researchers.

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Playing an interview with NLer Susan Redmond on the show.... She was down in Antarctica for this: engineering.princeton.edu/ne…
A picture from Antarctica sent by researcher and NLer Susan Redmond. There is a giant balloon telescope being positioned with what looks like a crane truck on a ice and snow surface.

ALT A picture from Antarctica sent by researcher and NLer Susan Redmond. There is a giant balloon telescope being positioned with what looks like a crane truck on a ice and snow surface.

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Elle Shaw@ElleShaw522 Feb 2023
Gumball made it back from outer space and Antarctica! (feat. a SPIDER painting by my lab mate Amber Lennox)
Image from Elle Shaw (@ElleShaw5)
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@NPR22 Feb 2023
Scientists want you to know that most balloons come in peace. They're used for experiments to look at everything from cosmic rays to the ozone layer. n.pr/3Ze9bPd
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I've been remiss in posting about our Antarctic campaign! Here are a few photos and notes about preparing @SPIDER_CMB for flight: jpfilippini.wordpress.com/20…

Building SPIDER

My collaborators and I are here in Antarctica for one reason: to fly a balloon-borne telescope called SPIDER. SPIDER is designed to observe the cosmic microwave background – the literal glow …

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ellecshaw.wixsite.com/ellesh… Long update about the SPIDER deployment in #Antarctica by PhD student @ElleShaw5 #nsffunded!
Getting Settled at LDB

Getting Settled at LDB

First week of working at at the Long Duration Ballooning facility.

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In recent news, graduate students Elle Shaw and Sho Gibbs spent a hot summer in Texas. They were preparing SPIDER, a “balloon-borne experiment observing the cosmic microwave background” for a deployment in Antarctica! Read the full article at icasu.illinois.edu/news/spid… @SPIDER_CMB
Graduate students spend a hot summer in Texas preparing the SPIDER CMB Polarimeter for Antarctic...

Graduate students spend a hot summer in Texas preparing the SPIDER CMB Polarimeter for Antarctic...

Elle Shaw and Sho Gibbs are graduate students in Illinois Physics Professor Jeffrey Filippini’s experimental cosmology group. Filippini is the PI for SPIDER, which is a balloon-borne experiment...

icasu.illinois.edu
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Launch!!!!
Image from XL-Calibur (@SuperTigerLDB)
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You can watch launch operations on Youtube youtu.be/Jnq1kBEyM0M
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🚨 Preparing for a launch opportunity early Saturday morning (CEST). Stay tuned! @wustl @WUSTLnews @NASA_Wallops @UNHEOS @KTHuniversity @HiroshimaUnivEn @osaka_univ_e #astrophysics #balloon #stlmade
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Article: @SPIDER_CMB searching for the echoes of the big bang from a balloon in #Antarctica in @globeandmail: #Bmodes theglobeandmail.com/technolo…
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@NASA9 Dec 2014
Our #IceBridge Antarctic 2014 campaign to measure land & sea ice wraps up: go.nasa.gov/1waNoqX @NASA_ICE
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