EBEX
Overview
EBEX was a bolometric balloon-borne experiment designed to search for the B-mode polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB). EBEX grew out of MAXIPOL.
Photo of EBEX during flight taken by Ted Dunham, Lowell Instrument Scientist, Lowell Observatory. The photo was taken around 6:00 or 6:30 PM on June 11, 2009 with an 8″ reflecting telescope.
EBEX Launch from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Ballooning Facility in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico — June 11, 2009. Video from Asad Aboobaker.