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A BARREL team member recovers the second payload after it landed. The BARREL team is at Esrange Space Center near...
Some of the BARREL balloon launches took place at the South African National Antarctic Expedition Research base,...
NASA image captured December 25, 2011 A NASA scientific balloon awaits launch in McMurdo, Antarctica. The balloon,...
NASA image captured December 25, 2011 A NASA scientific balloon awaits launch in McMurdo, Antarctica. The balloon,...
The BARREL team prepares to release the second scientific balloon in its Sweden campaign on Aug. 13, 2015. In...
Pumping helium into the first BARREL balloon to launch from Halley Research Satation. Credit: NASA --- In Antarctica...
BARREL researchers get ready to release the top part of the balloon, called the bubble, as it fills with enough...
A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet in...
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...
A view looking over the payload – the instruments that fly under a balloon – while the BARREL balloon inflates. The...
Release of a BARREL balloon. The launch crew can be seen on the right holding the payload as the top of the balloon...
The BARREL team at the SANAE IV research station celebrates their final launch in the Antarctica sun. Credit: NASA...
The BARREL team inflates their second balloon just before its launch on Aug. 13, 2015, from Kiruna, Sweden. The day...
STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CAME TOGETHER AT THE U.S. SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER FOR THE...
STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CAME TOGETHER AT THE U.S. SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER FOR THE...
STUDENTS FROM COMMUNITY COLLEGES THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH CAME TOGETHER AT THE U.S. SPACE AND ROCKET CENTER FOR THE...
Arrival of the RRS Ernest Shackleton near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. The Shackleton is the regular...
The BARREL cargo on its four-hour journey from the supply ship to the research station. Credit: NASA --- In...
An emperor penguin waddles away on Christmas morning in Antarctica. On Christmas day, the BARREL team visited a...
An iceberg as viewed from the bow of the RRS Ernest Shackleton a few days before the BARREL team reached Halley...
Getting ready to lay out a BARREL balloon to prepare for inflation. The helium stillages used to fill the balloon...