SPIDER CMB

New preprint: studies of polarized dust emission with data from SPIDER's first flight arxiv.org/abs/2407.20982

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/spider…

SPIDER featured in The Antarctic Sun antarcticsun.usap.gov/science/4747/ Article by @Tenacious_She

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

Playing an interview with NLer Susan Redmond on the show.... She was down in Antarctica for this: engineering.princeton.edu/news/2023/02/0…

Gumball made it back from outer space and Antarctica! (feat. a SPIDER painting by my lab mate Amber Lennox)

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

The second recovery trip on Jan 24 had the additional help from a Basler flight crew, bringing the number of people up to 13.

The team from the first day of recovery. Thanks Ken Borek Air! 📸: Kelsey Kushneryk (KBA)

SPIDER-2 Flight hardware and data recovery is complete, with just 20 days from flight termination to complete recovery! Only footprints are left, and those will soon be erased by the blowing snow. Now, for some cool recovery photos! (thread)

If you look closely you can see the line of red parka-clad Spider team members out behind the last building in the row (our high bay), waving and cheering.

POV: you forgot to let go of the SPIDER CMB telescope before launch.

Exciting news this morning, our data drives and other high priority hardware were safely retrieved yesterday!