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The BARREL team at Halley Research Station in Antarctica, work to inflate a balloon. The long tube on the left is...
While large compared to a human, BARREL balloons are actually much smaller than typical science balloons, which can...
BARREL team members lift up the instrument box below an inflated BARREL balloon to help with launch. Credit:...
The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, lay out the 130-foot-long balloon on the ground to...
The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...
A BARREL balloon launches up into the sky, destined to float on the circumpolar winds around the South Pole for up...
Members of the BARREL team in Antarctica jump up and down in what they call the Low Wind Dance as they hope for the...
Getting fuller! A BARREL balloon is filled with helium during the 2013-2014 mission campaign in Antarctica. Credit:...
A team member from South African research station, SANAE IV, helps unwrap the balloon from its protective yellow...
The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, poses next to the instrument box, which will float...
Recovery of a BARREL balloon payload after its flight. The recovery was carried out by helicopter. This area is...
The BARREL instrument in Antarctica– prior to being encased in its protective box – destined to float beneath 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...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on Tuesday, May 17, on a...
Researchers communicate with the BARREL ground station during preparations for launch. The white box in the...
A group picture of all the researchers – from various science projects -- at the South African research station,...
A worker releases a weather balloon at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station weather station. The balloon is equipped...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A weather balloon takes flight from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station weather...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- A worker prepares a weather balloon for release at the Cape Canaveral Air Force...