At this year’s CLASSE Summer Picnic, the lab launched a new tradition: the CLASSE Distinguished Service Awards, created to honor the exceptional commitment, teamwork, and impact of our colleagues.

The Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) will be loaded onto a transatlantic shipping vessel in Antwerp, Belgium, at the end of January for a month-long voyage by sea to its home: Chile, just below the summit of Cerro Chajnantor where, at 18,400 feet, it will be the second-highest telescope in the world.

As Georg Hoffstaetter de Torquat explains, almost every aspect of sailing is affected—and can be demonstrated—by elementary physics.