COSI in the News
Measuring up: The Compton Spectrometer and Imager
July 15, 2024
Deputy PI Steven Boggs discusses the latest developments of NASA’s COSI mission at SPIE Optics and Photonics.
SpaceX Wins NASA Contract to Launch Gamma-Ray Astronomy Mission
July 3, 2024
Space News reports that NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch the COSI mission.
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Space Telescope Mission
July 2, 2024
NASA announces that they have chosen SpaceX to launch the COSI mission.
Building for the Next Exploration of Our Galaxy
April/May 2024
Northrop Grumman‘s on-line article after COSI’s KDP-C
Semiconductor Detector Lab Reaches for the Stars
October 1, 2023
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab‘s (LBNL) on-line article about germanium detector processing for COSI
March 6, 2022
Interview with COSI PI John Tomsick
NASA Selects Gamma-ray Telescope to Chart Milky Way Evolution
October 18, 2021
NASA announces that COSI has moved on to Phase B!
NASA Selects Gamma-ray Telescope to Chart Milky Way Evolution
March 16, 2020
NASA selects COSI for Phase A!
Balloon in the News
Titanic NASA Balloon Reaches Milestone
July 3, 2016
Science reports that NASA’s Super Pressure Balloon has set a new record for the longest mid-latitude flight by a large scientific research balloon.
NASA Completes Balloon Technology Test Flight, Sets Flight Duration Record
July 2, 2016
NASA announces the successful completion of its balloon test: a Super Pressure Balloon flew nearly 47 days from New Zealand to Peru, setting a mid-latitude flight duration record.
NASA Super Pressure Balloon Begins Globetrotting Journey
May 21, 2016
NASA announces the successful launch of its Super Pressure Balloon from Wānaka, New Zealand.
Wanaka NASA Balloon Launch Blown Off Schedule
April 9, 2016
Stuff reports that NASA postponed its Wānaka, New Zealand balloon launch due to unfavorable weather conditions.
International Research Team Prepares for NASA Balloon Launch in Wanaka
March 27, 2016
Stuff reports that the COSI team is gearing up for NASA’s upcoming Super Pressure Balloon launch in Wānaka.
Telescope to Look Deep into Space
March 24, 2016
Otago Daily Times reports that COSI will be flown under a NASA super-pressure balloon from Wānaka, using germanium detectors to survey high-energy cosmic events.
NASA Coming Back to Wanaka to Launch Balloon and Probe the Universe
March 6, 2016
Stuff reports that NASA is returning to Wanaka, New Zealand to launch its Super Pressure Balloon, which will carry the COSI telescope.
NASA Scientific Balloon Team Hopes to Break Flight Duration Record with New Zealand Launch
March 4, 2016
NASA reports that they aim to launch a super-pressure balloon from New Zealand to stay aloft up to 100 days and break the current 54-day flight record.
May 12, 2015
Symmetry writes about three balloon experiments—ANITA, COSI, and SPIDER—that flew over Antarctica to study neutrinos, gamma rays, and the cosmic microwave background.
Balloons And Airships Aren’t Just Steampunk, They’re Doing Cutting-Edge Science
January 6, 2015
Popular Science writes that NASA is increasingly using high-altitude balloons and airships for science because they’re cheaper and faster to launch than satellites and can stay aloft longer with new “super-pressure” designs.
NASA Launches Next-Generation Scientific Balloon
December 29, 2014
Nature reports that NASA launched a super-pressure balloon around Antarctica for up to 100 days, although the mission ended early due to a leak.