NASA's Scientific Ballooning Program BALLOON HOME PROGRAMS SCIENCE RESULTS MEETINGS & PRESENTATIONS PRESS IMAGES LINKS PARTNERS What's New A long-duration balloon payload, the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA), was selected as a mission of opportunity. ANITA will detect radio waves emitted when high-energy neutrinos interact in the Antarctic Ice shelf. (Nov 7, 2003) Balloon Working Group Presentations (June 30, 2003) Large unmanned helium balloons provide NASA with an inexpensive means to place payloads into a space environment. The unique capabilities of this program are crucial for the development of new technologies and payloads for NASA's space flight missions. Many important scientific observations in fields such as hard x-ray/gamma-ray and infra-red astronomy, cosmic rays and atmospheric studies have been made from balloons. The newly developed capability for long duration ballooning has greatly expanded the opportunities for scientific studies from balloons.

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