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This is EXCITE’s moment of release. On August 31, 2024, the EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) team...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday,...
A radiosonde, an instrument that transmits measurements on atmospheric pressure, humidity, temperature and winds, is...
It takes around an hour to fill a 39-million-cubic-foot scientific balloon with helium. The EXCITE telescope is...
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...
The BARREL team at the SANAE IV research station celebrates their final launch in the Antarctica sun. Credit: NASA...
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...
Researchers communicate with the BARREL ground station during preparations for launch. The white box in the...
Timelapse of a mass ascension at the 2023 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
After years of tests and development, NASA’s Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in...
After years of tests and development, NASA’s Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in...
KEVLAR BALLOON TARGET MATERIAL IN MICROLIGHT GAS GUN
The test vehicle for NASA Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator is seen here before and after the balloon that helped...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants prepare to release a high-altitude balloon to carry an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants release a high-altitude balloon to carry an instrument package...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants fill a high-altitude balloon before releasing it to carry an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants fill a high-altitude balloon before releasing it to carry an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A high-altitude balloon floats into the sky carrying an instrument package as part of an...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants release a high-altitude balloon to carry an instrument package...
HEROES PAYLOAD AWAITS LAUNCH AS HELIUM BALLOON INFLATES IN BACKGROUND, FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
HEROES PAYLOAD AWAITS LAUNCH AS HELIUM BALLOON INFLATES IN BACKGROUND, FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
HEROES PAYLOAD AWAITS LAUNCH AS HELIUM BALLOON INFLATES IN BACKGROUND, FORT SUMNER, NEW MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 21, 2013