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A weather balloon is prepared for release at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station weather station. The balloon is...
A weather balloon takes flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station weather station. The balloon is equipped...
A worker releases a weather balloon at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station weather station. The balloon is equipped...
A group picture of all the researchers – from various science projects -- at the South African research station,...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
Filling a 4 million cubic foot balloon with Helium for the High Altitude Student Platform 2.0 Mission (HASP).
A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet in...
Aviators, skydivers and other altitude-seeking enthusiasts flying out of Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, are double...
Some of the BARREL balloon launches took place at the South African National Antarctic Expedition Research base,...
Moments into its powered flight, NASALow-density Supersonic Decelerator LDSD test vehicle captured this image of the...
For 12 days in January 2016, a football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it floated 24 miles...
The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...
Pumping helium into the first BARREL balloon to launch from Halley Research Satation. Credit: NASA --- In Antarctica...
A crane lowers two BARREL balloon payloads onto the platform at Halley Research Station in Antarctica. Credit: NASA...
BARREL team members run under the payload as the balloon first takes flight at the SANAE IV research station in...
Watching a BARREL balloon – and the instruments dangling below – float up over the SANAE IV research base in...
Liftoff! A balloon begins to rise over the brand new Halley VI Research Station, which had its grand opening in...
The second of three missions as part of NASA’s Antarctica Long Duration Balloon Flight Campaign was successfully...