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Image acquired September 12, 2010 The yearly depletion of stratospheric ozone over Antarctica – more commonly...
The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, poses next to the instrument box, which will float...
This is the first calibrated, multi-frequency, multi-polarization spaceborne radar image of the seasonal sea-ice...
This Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C/X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar color composite shows a portion of the Weddell Sea,...
The BARREL team prepares to release the second scientific balloon in its Sweden campaign on Aug. 13, 2015. In...
This image is of a portion of the Southern plains region within Hellas, the largest impact basin on Mars, with a...
When NASA started plarning for manned space travel in 1959, the myriad challenges of sustaining life in space...
A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet in...
Getting fuller! A BARREL balloon is filled with helium during the 2013-2014 mission campaign in Antarctica. Credit:...
In June 2015, news organizations around the world reported on a deadly heat wave in India that killed more than...
Getting ready to lay out a BARREL balloon to prepare for inflation. The helium stillages used to fill the balloon...
BARREL researchers get ready to release the top part of the balloon, called the bubble, as it fills with enough...
Researchers communicate with the BARREL ground station during preparations for launch. The white box in the...
A team member from South African research station, SANAE IV, helps unwrap the balloon from its protective yellow...
BARREL team members lift up the instrument box below an inflated BARREL balloon to help with launch. Credit:...
Recovery of a BARREL balloon payload after its flight. The recovery was carried out by helicopter. This area is...
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 South African research station, SANAE IV, lay out the 130-foot-long balloon on the ground to...
The BARREL instrument in Antarctica– prior to being encased in its protective box – destined to float beneath a...
The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...
A group picture of all the researchers – from various science projects -- at the South African research station,...
A view looking over the payload – the instruments that fly under a balloon – while the BARREL balloon inflates. The...
The BARREL team at Halley Research Station in Antarctica, work to inflate a balloon. The long tube on the left is...
This red plane is a DHC-3 Otter, the plane flown in NASA's Operation IceBridge-Alaska surveys of mountain glaciers...