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Building on several Antarctic balloon flights, the Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) instrument was installed on the ISS on August 22 2017. CREAM has been successfully measuring and identifying cosmic rays in the multi-TeV (10^12 eV) energy range and in a mass range from protons to iron nuclei, as shown in Fig. 1. This provides the needed clues to unravel the century old mystery of the origin of cosmic rays. Initially ISS-CREAM operated outside of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) exclusively, to avoid potential damage to instrument systems due to increased radiation. Following careful testing to characterize the impact of the SAA, ISS-CREAM now collects data 24 hours per day.
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The new Timeliner passed testing, is in the approval process and expected to be up mid may. From our NASA contact “All the testing went well for the updated sequence, and last week we started the approval process for the update that has your changes in it. Due to the length of out approval process, it will likely be mid-May before the update makes it onboard. ” Jacob
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Eun-Suk, Jacob – I am honored to have been asked by NASA to be the ISS-CREAM Data Analysis Manager and am excited to move into this position. I will probably visit UMD in the near future to discuss how best to seamlessly integrate analysis with operations. I look forward to working with you both to achieve ISS-CREAM science output.
Scott
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Scott Nutter
Professor of Physics
Northern Kentucky University
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I need each group to review the data and take the following actions asap.
1.Adjust the pedestal run frequency. It looks to me the temperature is very stable. We have limited time for useful science trigger. No need to fill data bandwidth with unnecessary calibration data. Please assess your calibration data and let SOC know of any adjustment.
2. Check the channel mapping and finalize the geometry file for each detector for us to be able to assess the science data quality properly. The correct geometry file is each detector group's responsibility.
Thanks,
Eun-Suk