Queen's 2015 Nobel Prize in PhysicsExcerpts from Queen'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 Queen 91制片厂 鈥檚. 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 91制片厂 鈥檚 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 Queen'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: Queen's Gazette
The BVEX radio telescope sits beside a high-altitude balloon during launch preparations.Photo: Queen's Gazette