NASA super pressure balloons return to New Zealand for test flights
NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the ...
‘NASA’s 18.8-million-foot giant’: Super balloon to hunt winds, quakes, and space secrets
NASA’s 18.8-million-cubic-foot super balloon will soar at 110,000 feet, tracking winds, quakes, and atmospheric ...
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Google Loon’s Internet Balloons Come Back To Earth After A Decade In The Stratosphere
A NASA super pressure balloon at altitude. This package is completed with batteries and an array of solar cells, which allow the system to operate day and night for as long as the balloon retains ...
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NASA Super Balloons Back in New Zealand for Tests
A super pressure balloon with the EUSO-2 payload is prepared for launch from Wānaka, New Zealand, during NASA's campaign in ...
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Super balloon
In another first, NASA launched a new kind of research balloon, a super-pressure balloon, that will stay afloat nearly twice as long as existing balloons. Scientific ...
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Super material is as light as a balloon, and strong as metal
Mainland scientists have discovered a "super material" that is as light as a balloon yet as strong as ... pounds per square inch - almost as much pressure as is experienced at the deepest depth ...