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Super-Pressure Balloon at Float NEW NASA BALLOON SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TESTED OVER ANTARCTICA - Jan 12, 2009
NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific research. The super-pressure balloon . . . Read More
Antarctica FY09 Campaign - Nov 10, 2008
3 missions planned for launch CREAM (Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass)/Dr. E. Seo, UMD, P.I. ANITA (Antarctica Impulsive Transient Antenna)/Dr. P. Gorham, Univ of Hawaii, P.I. Super-Pressure (SP) Test Flight/D. Pierce, WFF, P.M. . . . Read More
Superpressure Balloon Flight – 586-NT - Jul 10, 2008
Fort Sumner Spring Campaign: The 2 Million Cubic Feet (MCF) super pressure balloon (née ULDB) test flight was successfully completed on June 22, 2008. The launch was nominal and occurred around 9:15 EDT in excellent weather . . . Read More
CREAM 3 Launch 2007-2008 Antarctica Campaign - Jan 31, 2008
NASA achieved a new milestone in scientific observations using balloons by launching and operating 3 long-duration flights within a single Antarctic Summer. 577N CREAM Dr. Eun-Suk Seo, University of Maryland. The Cosmic Ray . . . Read More
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