91TV's 2015 Nobel Prize in PhysicsExcerpts from 91TV's Gazette:
Prof. Fissel leads the Balloon-Borne Very Large Baseline Interferometry Experiment (BVEX), initiated in 2021 and that, to this date, has engaged 17 undergraduate students and four graduate students at 91TV’s. The project recently received $291,000 from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) through the program, which enables students to have hands-on experience in space-like missions and support the development of new technology. This award will fund BVEX’s flight in the late summer of 2027, launching from Palmas, Brazil.
Prof. Fissel states:
By combining telescopes that are spread around the globe we synthesize a telescope that is basically the size of the world. And traditionally this has been done with ground-based telescopes. We are now trying to demonstrate that flying telescopes can be part of this effort, too.
Full 91TV's Gazette article:
Prof. Laura Fissel and members of the BVEX student team with the balloon-borne radio telescope system they are helping design and build. Photo: 91TV's Gazette
The BVEX radio telescope sits beside a high-altitude balloon during launch preparations.Photo: 91TV's Gazette