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Airships: A New Horizon for Science

The "Airships: A New Horizon for Science" study at the Keck Institute for Space Studies investigated the potential of a variety of airships currently operable or under development to serve as observatories and science instrumentation…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-28 Sarah H. Miller , Robert Fesen , Lynne Hillenbrand , Jason Rhodes , Gil Baird , Geoffrey Blake , Jeff Booth , David E. Carlile , Riley Duren , Frederick G. Edworthy , Brent Freeze , Randall R. Friedl , Paul F. Goldsmith , Jeffery L. Hall , Scott E. Hoffman , Scott E. Hovarter , Rebecca M. Jensen-Clem , Ross M. Jones , Jens Kauffmann , Alina Kiessling , Oliver G. King , Nick Konidaris , Timothy L. Lachenmeier , Steven D. Lord , Jessica Neu , Gregory R. Quetin , Alan Ram , Stanley Sander , Marc Simard , Mike Smith , Steve Smith , Sara Smoot , Sara Susca , Abigail Swann , Eliot F. Young , Thomas Zambrano

The Optical and Mechanical Design of POEMMA Balloon with Radio

POEMMA Balloon with Radio (PBR) is a NASA super-pressure balloon mission building toward the proposed Probe Of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics (POEMMA) dual satellite mission. In its planned 2027 launch, PBR will study…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-16 Eric Mayotte , Austin Cummings , Paul Degarate , Neville DeWitt Pierrat , Johannes Eser , William Finch , Julia Burton-Heibges , Tobias Heibges , Eric Mentzell , Stephan Meyer , Conrad Shay , Benjamin Stillwell , Yoshiyuki Takizawa , Luke Wanner , Lawrence Wiencke

A new design for a very low frequency space borne radio interferometer

The non transparency and severe propagation effects of the terrestrial ionosphere make it impossible for Earth based instruments to study the universe at low radio frequencies. An exploration of the low frequency radio window with the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Divya Oberoi , Jean-Louis Pinçon

The Sunrise Mission

The first science flight of the balloon-borne \Sunrise telescope took place in June 2009 from ESRANGE (near Kiruna/Sweden) to Somerset Island in northern Canada. We describe the scientific aims and mission concept of the project and give an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Peter Barthol , Achim Gandorfer , Sami K. Solanki , Manfred Schüssler , Bernd Chares , Werner Curdt , Werner Deutsch , Alex Feller , Dietmar Germerott , Bianca Grauf , Klaus Heerlein , Johann Hirzberger , Martin Kolleck , Reinhard Meller , Reinhard Müller , Tino L. Riethmüller , Georg Tomasch , Michael Knölker , Bruce W. Lites , Greg Card , David Elmore , Jack Fox , Alice Lecinski , Peter Nelson , Richard Summers , Andrew Watt , Valentin Martínez Pillet , Jose Antonio Bonet , Wolfgang Schmidt , Thomas Berkefeld , Alan M. Title , Vicente Domingo , Jose Luis Gasent Blesa , Jose Carlos del Toro Iniesta , Antonio López Jiménez , Alberto Álvarez-Herrero , Lola Sabau-Graziati , Christoph Widani , Peter Haberler , Klaus Härtel , Dirk Kampf , Thorsten Levin , Isabel Pérez Grande , Angel Sanz-Andrés , Elke Schmidt

First operation of LArTPC in the stratosphere as an engineering GRAMS balloon flight (eGRAMS)

GRAMS (Gamma-Ray and AntiMatter Survey) is a next-generation balloon/satellite experiment utilizing a LArTPC (Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber), to simultaneously target astrophysical observations of cosmic MeV gamma-rays and conduct an…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-24 R. Nakajima , S. Arai , K. Aoyama , Y. Utsumi , T. Tamba , H. Odaka , M. Tanaka , K. Yorita , S. Arai , T. Aramaki , J. Asaadi , A. Bamba , N. Cannady , P. Coppi , G. De Nolfo , M. Errando , L. Fabris , T. Fujiwara , Y. Fukazawa , P. Ghosh , K. Hagino , T. Hakamata , U. Hijikata , N. Hiroshima , M. Ichihashi , Y. Ichinohe , Y. Inoue , K. Ishikawa , K. Ishiwata , T. Iwata , G. Karagiorgi , T. Kato , H. Kawamura , J. Krizmanic , J. Leyva , A. Malige , J. G. Mitchell , J. W. Mitchell , R. Mukherjee , K. Nakazawa , K. Okuma , K. Perez , N. Poudyal , I. Safa , M. Sasaki , W. Seligman , K. Shirahama , T. Shiraishi , S. Smith , Y. Suda , A. Suraj , H. Takahashi , S. Takashima , S. Tandon , R. Tatsumi , J. Tomsick , N. Tsuji , Y. Uchida , S. Watanabe , Y. Yano , K. Yawata , H. Yoneda , M. Yoshimoto , J. Zeng

Measuring Light from the Epoch of Reionization with CIBER, the Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment

Ultraviolet emission from the first generation of stars in the Universe ionized the intergalactic medium in a process which was completed by z~6; the wavelength of these photons has been redshifted by (1+z) into the near infrared today and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Michael Zemcov , Toshiaki Arai , John Battle , James J. Bock , Asantha Cooray , Viktor Hristov , Brian Keating , Min-Gyu Kim , Dae-Hee Lee , Louis Levenson , Peter Mason , Toshio Matsumoto , Shuji Matsuura , Ketron Mitchell-Wynne , Uk Won Nam , Tom Renbarger , Joseph Smidt , Ian Sullivan , Kohji Tsumura , Takehiko Wada

Pointing control for the SPIDER balloon-borne telescope

We present the technology and control methods developed for the pointing system of the SPIDER experiment. SPIDER is a balloon-borne polarimeter designed to detect the imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the polarization of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Jamil A. Shariff , Peter A. R. Ade , Mandana Amiri , Steven J. Benton , Jamie J. Bock , J. Richard Bond , Sean A. Bryan , H. Cynthia Chiang , Carlo R. Contaldi , Brendan P. Crill , Olivier P. Doré , Marzieh Farhang , Jeffrey P. Filippini , Laura M. Fissel , Aurelien A. Fraisse , Anne E. Gambrel , Natalie N. Gandilo , Sunil R. Golwala , Jon E. Gudmundsson , Mark Halpern , Matthew Hasselfield , Gene C. Hilton , Warren A. Holmes , Viktor V. Hristov , Kent D. Irwin , William C. Jones , Zigmund D. Kermish , Chao-Lin Kuo , Carolyn J. MacTavish , Peter V. Mason , Krikor G. Megerian , Lorenzo Moncelsi , Tracy A. Morford , Johanna M. Nagy , C. Barth Netterfield , Roger O'Brient , Alexandra S. Rahlin , Carl D. Reintsema , John E. Ruhl , Marcus C. Runyan , Juan D. Soler , Amy Trangsrud , Carole E. Tucker , Rebecca S. Tucker , Anthony D. Turner , Alexis C. Weber , Donald V. Wiebe , Edward Y. Young

PILOT: a balloon-borne experiment to measure the polarized FIR emission of dust grains in the interstellar medium

Future cosmology space missions will concentrate on measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background, which potentially carries invaluable information about the earliest phases of the evolution of our universe. Such ambitious…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-22 R. Misawa , J-Ph. Bernard , P. Ade , Y. Andre , P. deBernardis , M. Bouzit , M. Charra , B. Crane , J. P. Dubois , C. Engel , M. Griffin , P. Hargrave , B. Leriche , Y. Longval , S. Maes , C. Marty , W. Marty , S. Masi , B. Mot , J. Narbonne , F. Pajot , G. Pisano , N. Ponthieu , I. Ristorcelli , L. Rodriguez , G. Roudil , M. Salatino , G. Savini , C. Tucker

Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospheric balloons over Antarctica. In-flight attitude is given by…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 N. N. Gandilo , P. A. R. Ade , M. Amiri , F. E. Angile , S. J. Benton , J. J. Bock , J. R. Bond , S. A. Bryan , H. C. Chiang , C. R. Contaldi , B. P. Crill , M. J. Devlin , B. Dober , O. P. Dore , M. Farhang , J. P. Filippini , L. M. Fissel , A. A. Fraisse , Y. Fukui , N. Galitzki , A. E. Gambrel , S. Golwala , J. E. Gudmundsson , M. Halpern , M. Hasselfield , G. C. Hilton , W. A. Holmes , V. V. Hristov , K. D. Irwin , W. C. Jones , Z. D. Kermish , J. Klein , A. L. Korotkov , C. L. Kuo , C. J. MacTavish , P. V. Mason , T. G. Matthews , K. G. Megerian , L. Moncelsi , T. A. Morford , T. K. Mroczkowski , J. M. Nagy , C. B. Netterfield , G. Novak , D. Nutter , R. O'Brient , E. Pascale , F. Poidevin , A. S. Rahlin , C. D. Reintsema , J. E. Ruhl , M. C. Runyan , G. Savini , D. Scott , J. A. Shariff , J. D. Soler , N. E. Thomas , A. Trangsrud , M. D. Truch , C. E. Tucker , G. S. Tucker , R. S. Tucker , A. D. Turner , D. Ward-Thompson , A. C. Weber , D. V. Wiebe , E. Y. Young

BOOMERanG: a scanning telescope for 10 arcminutes resolution CMB maps

The BOOMERanG experiment is a stratospheric balloon telescope intended to measure the Cosmic Microwave Background anisotropy at angular scales between a few degrees and ten arcminutes. The experiment features a wide focal plane with 16…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 S. Masi , P. A. R. Ade , R. Artusa , J. J. Bock , A. Boscaleri , B. P. Crill , P. de Bernardis , G. De Troia , P. C. Farese , M. Giacometti , V. V. Hristov , A. Iacoangeli , A. E. Lange , A. T. Lee , L. Martinis , P. V. Mason , P. D. Mauskopf , F. Melchiorri , L. Miglio , T. Montroy , C. B. Netterfield , E. Pascale , F. Piacentini , P. L. Richards , G. Romeo , J. E. Ruhl , F. Scaramuzzi

A Precursor Balloon Mission for Venusian Astrobiology

The potential detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus has reignited interest in the possibility of life aloft in this environment. If the cloud decks of Venus are indeed an abode of life, it should reside in the "habitable zone"…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-10 Andreas M. Hein , Manasvi Lingam , T. Marshall Eubanks , Adam Hibberd , Dan Fries , William Paul Blase

Instrumental performance and results from testing of the BLAST-TNG receiver, submillimeter optics, and MKID arrays

Polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust grains can be used to map magnetic fields in star forming molecular clouds and the diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-22 Nicholas Galitzki , Peter Ade , Francesco E. Angile , Peter Ashton , Jason Austermann , Tashalee Billings , George Che , Hsiao-Mei Cho , Kristina Davis , Mark Devlin , Simon Dicker , Bradley J. Dober , Laura M. Fissel , Yasuo Fukui , Jiansong Gao , Samuel Gordon , Christopher E. Groppi , Seth Hillbrand , Gene C. Hilton , Johannes Hubmayr , Kent D. Irwin , Jeffrey Klein , Dale Li , Zhi-Yun Li , Nathan P. Lourie , Ian Lowe , Hamdi Mani , Peter G. Martin , Philip Mauskopf , Christopher McKenney , Federico Nati , Giles Novak , Enzo Pascale , Giampaolo Pisano , Fabio P. Santos , Douglas Scott , Adrian Sinclair , Juan D. Soler , Carole Tucker , Matthew Underhill , Michael Vissers , Paul Williams

Interferometry from Space: A Great Dream

During some thirty years, 1980-2010, technical studies of optical interferometry from instruments in space were pursued as promising for higher spatial resolution and for higher astrometric accuracy. Nulling interferometry was studied for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-08-21 Erik Høg

An open source toolkit for the tracking, termination and recovery of high altitude balloon flights and payloads

We present an open source toolkit of flight-proven electronic devices which can be used to track, terminate and recover high altitude balloon flights and payloads. Comprising a beacon, pyrotechnic and non-pyrotechnic cut-down devices plus…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-10 Paul Clark , Marc Funk , Benjamin Funk , Tobias Funk , Richard E. Meadows , Anthony M. Brown , Lun Li , Richard J. Massey , C. Barth Netterfield

A Balloon-Borne Very Long Baseline Interferometry Experiment in the Stratosphere: Systems Design and Developments

The balloon-borne very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) experiment is a technical feasibility study for performing radio interferometry in the stratosphere. The flight model has been developed. A balloon-borne VLBI station will be…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-12 Akihiro Doi , Yusuke Kono , Kimihiro Kimura , Satomi Nakahara , Tomoaki Oyama , Nozomi Okada , Yasutaka Satou , Kazuyoshi Yamashita , Naoko Matsumoto , Mitsuhisa Baba , Daisuke Yasuda , Shunsaku Suzuki , Yutaka Hasegawa , Mareki Honma , Hiroaki Tanaka , Kosei Ishimura , Yasuhiro Murata , Reiho Shimomukai , Tomohiro Tachi , Kazuya Saito , Naohiko Watanabe , Nobutaka Bando , Osamu Kameya , Yoshinori Yonekura , Mamoru Sekido , Yoshiyuki Inoue , Hikaru Sakamoto , Nozomu Kogiso , Yasuhiro Shoji , Hideo Ogawa , Kenta Fujisawa , Masanao Narita , Hiroshi Shibai , Hideyuki Fuke , Kenta Ueharai , Shoko Koyama

EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a NASA super pressure balloon test flight was to circle the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-15 EUSO Collaboration , G. Abdellaoui , S. Abe , J. H. Adams. , D. Allard , G. Alonso , L. Anchordoqui , A. Anzalone , E. Arnone , K. Asano , R. Attallah , H. Attoui , M. Ave Pernas , R. Bachmann , S. Bacholle , M. Bagheri , M. Bakiri , J. Baláz , D. Barghini , S. Bartocci , M. Battisti , J. Bayer , B. Beldjilali , T. Belenguer , N. Belkhalfa , R. Bellotti , A. A. Belov , K. Benmessai , M. Bertaina , P. F. Bertone , P. L. Biermann , F. Bisconti , C. Blaksley , N. Blanc , S. Blin-Bondil , P. Bobik , M. Bogomilov , K. Bolmgren , E. Bozzo , S. Briz , A. Bruno , K. S. Caballero , F. Cafagna , G. Cambié , D. Campana , J. N. Capdevielle , F. Capel , A. Caramete , L. Caramete , R. Caruso , M. Casolino , C. Cassardo , A. Castellina , O. Catalano , A. Cellino , K. Černý , M. Chikawa , G. Chiritoi , M. J. Christl , R. Colalillo , L. Conti , G. Cotto , H. J. Crawford , R. Cremonini , A. Creusot , A. Cummings , A. de Castro Gónzalez , C. de la Taille , L. del Peral , J. Desiato , A. Diaz Damian , R. Diesing , P. Dinaucourt , A. Djakonow , T. Djemil , A. Ebersoldt , T. Ebisuzaki , J. Eser , F. Fenu , S. Fernández-González , S. Ferrarese , G. Filippatos , W. Finch , C. Fornaro , M. Fouka , A. Franceschi , S. Franchini , C. Fuglesang , T. Fujii , M. Fukushima , P. Galeotti , E. García-Ortega , D. Gardiol , G. K. Garipov , E. Gascón , E. Gazda , J. Genci , A. Golzio , P. Gorodetzky , R. Gregg , A. Green , F. Guarino , C. Guépin , A. Guzmán , Y. Hachisu , A. Haungs , T. Heigbes , J. Hernández Carretero , L. Hulett , D. Ikeda , N. Inoue , S. Inoue , F. Isgrò , Y. Itow , T. Jammer , S. Jeong , J. Jochum , E. Joven , E. G. Judd , A. Jung , F. Kajino , T. Kajino , S. Kalli , I. Kaneko , M. Kasztelan , K. Katahira , K. Kawai , Y. Kawasaki , A. Kedadra , H. Khales , B. A. Khrenov , Jeong-Sook Kim , Soon-Wook Kim , M. Kleifges , P. A. Klimov , I. Kreykenbohm , J. F. Krizmanic , K. Królik , V. Kungel , Y. Kurihara , A. Kusenko , E. Kuznetsov , H. Lahmar , F. Lakhdari , J. Licandro , L. López Campano , F. López Martínez , S. Mackovjak , M. Mahdi , D. Mandát , M. Manfrin , L. Marcelli , J. L. Marcos , W. Marszał , Y. Martín , O. Martinez , K. Mase , M. Mastafa , J. N. Matthews , N. Mebarki , G. Medina-Tanco , A. Menshikov , A. Merino , M. Mese , J. Meseguer , S. S. Meyer , J. Mimouni , H. Miyamoto , Y. Mizumoto , A. Monaco , J. A. Morales de los Ríos , J. M. Nachtman , S. Nagataki , S. Naitamor , T. Napolitano , A. Neronov , K. Nomoto , T. Nonaka , T. Ogawa , S. Ogio , H. Ohmori , A. V. Olinto , Y. Onel , G. Osteria , A. N. Otte , A. Pagliaro , W. Painter , M. I. Panasyuk , B. Panico , E. Parizot , I. H. Park , B. Pastircak , T. Paul , M. Pech , I. Pérez-Grande , F. Perfetto , T. Peter , P. Picozza , S. Pindado , L. W. Piotrowski , S. Piraino , Z. Plebaniak , A. Pollini , E. M. Popescu , R. Prevete , G. Prévôt , H. Prieto , M. Przybylak , G. Puehlhofer , M. Putis , P. Reardon , M. H. Reno , M. Reyes , M. Ricci , M. D. Rodríguez Frías , O. F. Romero Matamala , F. Ronga , M. D. Sabau , G. Saccá , H. Sagawa , Z. Sahnoune , A. Saito , N. Sakaki , H. Salazar , J. L. Sánchez , J. C. Sanchez Balanzar , A. Santangelo , A. Sanz-Andrés , O. A. Saprykin , F. Sarazin , M. Sato , A. Scagliola , T. Schanz , H. Schieler , P. Schovánek , V. Scotti , M. Serra , S. A. Sharakin , H. M. Shimizu , K. Shinozaki , J. F. Soriano , A. Sotgiu , I. Stan , I. Strharský , N. Sugiyama , D. Supanitsky , M. Suzuki , J. Szabelski , N. Tajima , T. Tajima , Y. Takahashi , M. Takeda , Y. Takizawa , M. C. Talai , Y. Tameda , C. Tenzer , S. B. Thomas , O. Tibolla , L. G. Tkachev , T. Tomida , N. Tone , S. Toscano , M. Traïche , Y. Tsunesada , K. Tsuno , S. Turriziani , Y. Uchihori , J. F. Valdés-Galicia , P. Vallania , L. Valore , G. Vankova-Kirilova , T. M. Venters , C. Vigorito , L. Villaseñor , B. Vlcek , P. von Ballmoos , M. Vrabel , S. Wada , J. Watanabe , J. Watts. , R. Weigand Muñoz , A. Weindl , L. Wiencke , M. Wille , J. Wilms , T. Yamamoto , J. Yang , H. Yano , I. V. Yashin , D. Yonetoku , S. Yoshida , R. Young , I. S. Zgura , M. Yu. Zotov , A. Zuccaro Marchi

Opportunities for Astrophysical Science from the Inner and Outer Solar System

Astrophysical measurements away from the 1 AU orbit of Earth can enable several astrophysical science cases that are challenging or impossible to perform from Earthbound platforms, including: building a detailed understanding of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-15 Michael Zemcov , Iair Arcavi , Richard G. Arendt , Etienne Bachelet , Chas Beichman , James Bock , Pontus Brandt , Ranga Ram Chary , Asantha Cooray , Diana Dragomir , Varoujan Gorjian , Chester E. Harman , Richard Conn Henry , Carey Lisse , Philip Lubin , Shuji Matsuura , Ralph McNutt , Jayant Murthy , Andrew R. Poppe , Michael V. Paul , William T. Reach , Yossi Shvartzvald , R. A. Street , Teresa Symons , Michael Werner

The BaR-SPOrt Experiment

BaR-SPOrt (Balloon-borne Radiometers for Sky Polarisation Observations) is an experiment to measure the linearly polarized emission of sky patches at 32 and 90 GHz with sub-degree angular resolution. It is equipped with high sensitivity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Zannoni , S. Cortiglioni , G. Bernardi , E. Carretti , S. Cecchini , C. Macculi , E. Morelli , C. Sbarra , G. Ventura , L. Nicastro , J. Monari , M. Poloni , S. Poppi , V. Natale , M. Baralis , O. Peverini , R. Tascone , G. Virone , A. Boscaleri , E. Pascale , G. Boella , S. Bonometto , M. Gervasi , G. Sironi , M. Tucci , R. Nesti , R. Fabbri , P. de Bernardis , M. De Petris , S. Masi , M. V. Sazhin , E. N. Vinyajkin

Satellite telescope of electrons and protons STEP-F of the space scientific project "CORONAS-Photon"

The Ukrainian satellite telescope of electrons and protons STEP-F conducted a scientific experiment in space on board the low Earth orbit spacecraft "CORONAS-Photon" in 2009. In the article it is described the background, stages of…

Space Physics · Physics 2025-07-01 O. V. Dudnik

The 2023 Balloon Flight of the ComPair Instrument

The ComPair balloon instrument is a prototype gamma-ray telescope that aims to further develop technology for observing the gamma-ray sky in the MeV regime. ComPair combines four detector subsystems to enable parallel Compton scattering and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-04 Lucas D. Smith , Nicholas Cannady , Regina Caputo , Carolyn Kierans , Nicholas Kirschner , Iker Liceaga-Indart , Julie McEnery , Zachary Metzler , A. A. Moiseev , Lucas Parker , Jeremy Perkins , Makoto Sasaki , Adam J. Schoenwald , Daniel Shy , Janeth Valverde , Sambid Wasti , Richard Woolf , Aleksey Bolotnikov , Thomas J. Caligiure , A. Wilder Crosier , Jack Fried , Priyarshini Ghosh , Sean Griffin , J. Eric Grove , Elizabeth Hays , Emily Kong , John Mitchell , Bernard Phlips , Clio Sleator , D. J. Thompson , Eric Wulf , Anna Zajczyk