Elle Shaw

Ice Continent & Ice Cream Enthusiast. Physics PhD.

[Simons Observatory @SimonsObs]

Featuring our own @j_dunkley!

https://t.co/IdPzSjUBq7

[Maximiliano Silva-Feaver @msilvafeaver]

The @SimonsObs collaboration meeting has kicked off with a great first day full of highlights of how far we’ve come in the last year!

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

@EveVavagiakis @SimonsObs oooh I'm taking notes on how heavy coat I need to pack!

[Simons Observatory @SimonsObs]

Images of our site via drone (Credit: Gabriele Coppi, Rolando Dunner, Federico Nati, Matias Rojas)

[Jeff Filippini @JeffFilippini]

Congratulations to Dr. @ElleShaw5 on her successful Ph.D. defense this afternoon!

[NASA Wallops @NASAWallops]

Check out video of our super pressure balloon launch from New Zealand! Right now, the scientific balloon continues its journey east away across the Pacific Ocean. Follow the balloon now (hint, if you click Google Maps you'll get a more zoomed in view!): https://t.co/mH2PNTcGBx

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

One of my pictures of SPIDER on launch day made the semifinals! Check out the neat research being done at UIUC and then vote for mine. :)

[Grad College Illinois @GradCollegeIL]

Congrats 🎉 to the #ILLINOIS Graduate Student Image of Research semifinalists! We’re always amazed by the diversity & beauty of graduate student research.

Explore the gallery and help select the People's Choice Award by voting 🗳 for your top 3!

📸 https://t.co/maaFfGTibV

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

Gumball made it back from outer space and Antarctica!
(feat. a SPIDER painting by my lab mate Amber Lennox)

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

A great article by @PhysicsIllinois and @JeffFilippini about @SPIDER_CMB!
https://t.co/PfLOFjKPMY

[SPIDER CMB @SPIDER_CMB]

First recovery trip on January 20th. Field safety specialists first scope out the site for hidden crevasses in the snow. 📸: @McadooRose

[SPIDER CMB @SPIDER_CMB]

Initial flyover of the landing site near Hercules Dome, showed that the parachute detached (yay) and the site looked good for landing and taxiing to the payload. 📸: Kelsey Kushneryk, Ken Borek Air

[SPIDER CMB @SPIDER_CMB]

SPIDER-2 Flight hardware and data recovery is complete, with just 20 days from flight termination to complete recovery! Only footprints are left, and those will soon be erased by the blowing snow. Now, for some cool recovery photos! (thread)

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

I'm happy to report that Gumball has been safely recovered... oh yeah, and the data drives too!

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

Launch attempt #3 today. SPIDER rolled out of the high bay at 2:30 AM ready to be picked up by the launch vehicle, The Boss. https://t.co/UFljpfEKfQ

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

First two launches probably scrubbed because we forgot our mascot.🦔#flyhighlittleguy

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

@JeffFilippini @SPIDER_CMB I'm impressed you even made entries!

[SPIDER CMB @SPIDER_CMB]

SPIDER's second flight has terminated, and we are descending near Hercules Dome!

[SPIDER CMB @SPIDER_CMB]

In celebration of the end of SPIDER’s second flight, here’s a quick look back at our Antarctic campaign, put together by ⁦grad student Jared May. @jm_phys1cs⁩
#touchdown #ScientificBallooning #Antarctica

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

This was SPIDER's last time leaving the Payload 2 high bay!

[NASA Wallops @NASAWallops]

On the #WinterSolstice, the Wallops balloon teams were on the ice in Antarctica and launched the SPIDER payload, a mission that will study the cosmic microwave background. Follow its flight progress: https://t.co/KhSfd2lnl2

[Jeff Filippini @JeffFilippini]

The @PhysicsIllinois portion of the @SPIDER_CMB ice team (Sho, me, @ElleShaw5), with SPIDER and Mt. Erebus.

📷Riccardo Gualtieri (former Illinois postdoc!)

[Elle Shaw @ElleShaw5]

Some more photos from @SPIDER_CMB's launch!

https://t.co/uMtmpYW9Jh