SPIDER
Searching for the Echoes of Inflation
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Background
  • People
  • Video
← SPIDER is preparing for launch!
SPIDER in the New York Times →

SPIDER is airborne!

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Catherine Zandonella

SPIDER has launched and is ascending.  The instrument has answered the phone and called home, and seems to be functioning well.

SPIDER ready for takeoff

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink.
← SPIDER is preparing for launch!
SPIDER in the New York Times →
  • Follow our blog as the crew assembles the SPIDER experiment and prepares for launch.
  • Subscribe via email

  • SPIDER Logo
  • Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility: NASA
  • National Science Foundation
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • The David & Lucille Packard Foundation
  • Participating Institutions

    Princeton University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • University of Toronto
  • University of British Columbia
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Additional Partner Institutions

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Cardiff University
    National Institute of Standards and Technology
    Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
    Imperial College London
    University of Cambridge

  • Meta

    • Log in
  • Recent Posts

    • Now the fun begins
    • The view from SPIDER
    • We have recovered the data!
  • Meta

    • Log in
SPIDER
© 2025 The Trustees of Princeton University
Princeton University home
Diversity & Non-Discrimination