The heart of NCT–its detectors and readout electronics–survived our launch mishap in Alice Springs. They have been integrated into a new and improved instrument called COSI: the COmpton Spectrometer and Imager.
COSI during a rollout test in McMurdo.
The COSI team is in Antarctica now preparing for what is hoped to be the first ultra-long duration science flight on a superpressure balloon. The current generation of students is chronicling their adventures on a new campaign blog…
Dispatches from the Field 