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 ...
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NASA prepping for mid-May Arctic Circle balloon flights
April 30 (UPI) --NASA officials are planning to launch the space agency's long-duration balloon campaign from Sweden to gather scientific data to assist with several projects starting in mid-May.
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‘NASA’s 18.8-million-foot giant’: Super balloon to hunt winds, quakes, and space secrets
Gabriel Garde, head of NASA’s Balloon Program, leads the return to Wānaka, New Zealand, to flight-qualify giant super pressure balloons for 100-day missions in near-space. The 18.8-million ...
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When NASA launches a high-altitude weather balloon this summer, it will carry an experiment by South Milwaukee Middle School students
The high-altitude balloon will also allow payloads to observe the surface below them and collect data on land features such as vegetation and bodies of water," the NASA Techrise Challenge website ...
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South Milwaukee middle school joins NASA mission
STUDENT CHALLENGE. AFTER SCHOOL. THEY’RE CODING, WIRING AND TESTING SENSORS THAT WILL FLY INTO THE STRATOSPHERE ON A NASA BALLOON. THESE ARE LIKE VERY DANGEROUS GASES THAT ARE, LIKE, REALLY A ...
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NASA Chases New Supernova
The crash program, if approved by NASA Administrator James Fletcher, will cost $15 million. It will include 16 or 17 instrumented balloon flights extending through late next year, as well as sounding ...