@Calidarien
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Albert Y. Shih retweeted
CubIXSS CubeSat@CubIXSS2 Nov 2021
We are so happy to be finally under way! Development begins in a few weeks & launch is planned for Q3 2024 to make groundbreaking new measurements of X-rays from solar flares & active regions. Follow and stay tuned for updates! #cubesat #sciencetwitter #astronomy #space #physics
Amir Caspi, Ph.D.@astronamir1 Nov 2021
HUGE NEWS!! I am SO ecstatic to be able to finally announce: our satellite proposal was selected by NASA!! Many of us have been working on this mission concept for nearly a decade now, and it is so very exciting and rewarding to finally see it be able to become reality. 1/3
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HUGE NEWS!! I am SO ecstatic to be able to finally announce: our satellite proposal was selected by NASA!! Many of us have been working on this mission concept for nearly a decade now, and it is so very exciting and rewarding to finally see it be able to become reality. 1/3
Southwest Research Institute@SwRI1 Nov 2021
NASA selects SwRI-led CubeSat to assess the origins of hot plasma in the Sun’s corona ow.ly/SyZ150GCjbV
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Albert Y. Shih retweeted
GRIPS balloon@GRIPSballoon30 Apr 2021
GRIPS has been funded for a second Antarctic balloon flight! We are looking for current or future Berkeley grad students to get involved in this exciting mission. DM us if you know of someone who might be interested.
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Our paper on the Antarctic flight of @GRIPSballoon is one of the top two most-downloaded astronomy papers in 2017 from all of SPIE's journals and proceedings! Neat news just in time for the second anniversary of our launch
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NASA article on the GRIPS recovery, plus a really neat video! go.nasa.gov/2kQmtmh

NASA-Funded Balloon Recovered a Year After Flight Over Antarctica - NASA

For 12 days in January 2016, a football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it floated 24 miles above the Antarctic continent, riding the

nasa.gov
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Albert Y. Shih retweeted
StratoCat@stratoballoon5 Oct 2016
The Antarctic Sun: #GRIPS Moment Under the Sun. A great article in 4 parts about this year's @GRIPSballoon flight antarcticsun.usap.gov/scienc…
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Albert Y. Shih retweeted
COSI@COSITelescope10 Jul 2016
NASA Completes Balloon Technology Test Flight fb.me/RNSlY1Lk
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Early results from the @GRIPSballoon team presented at #2016SPD
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Four technologies NASA is using for save us from death by Sun #2016SPD @GRIPSballoon @foxsirocket3 @minxsscubesat inverse.com/article/16434-4-…

4 Technologies NASA Is Using to Save Us From Death by Sun

Solar research is going green.

inverse.com
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Albert Y. Shih retweeted
AAS Nova@AASNova1 Jun 2016
2016 SPD: Day 1 aasnova.org/2016/06/01/2016-… @AAS_Publishing @AAS_Office @SolarPhys @NASANuSTAR #2016SPD
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The @GRIPSballoon #Antarctic results presented by @Calidarien at #2016SPD press conference
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Albert (@Calidarien) regaling us with tales of his 3 months on Antarctica for the @GRIPSballoon launch. And cake. – at Goddard, MD
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In-flight photo of the three images of the Sun used by @GRIPSballoon to determine pitch, yaw, and grid orientation
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Albert Y. Shih retweeted
GRIPS balloon@GRIPSballoon18 Jan 2016
Replying to @Calidarien
@Calidarien with his flight line pack ready for action.@GRIPSballoon
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Movie of the @GRIPSballoon launch! Thanks to CSBF for finding us a launch window in this season full of bad weather youtu.be/o7FrY-6w7PY
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In-flight image of opposing Antarctic horizons from the @GRIPSballoon roll sensor (heritage from the HEROES balloon)
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Prehistoric @GRIPSballoon astronaut, Kurt, endured frost/rime this week; we were more worried about our electronics
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A lone Adélie penguin wandered up to the @GRIPSballoon high bay today and then out towards the launch pad
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Photo of the @GRIPSballoon team during the fourth launch attempt (includes @NDuncanSolar @hazbain @BrentMochizuki)
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Blog post about the "forgotten" @GRIPSballoon proposal from 2006 and how things could have been different grips.ssl.berkeley.edu/the-f…
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