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Surging to take advantage of near-perfect launch conditions, NASA’s Scientific Balloon Team launched two balloons...
Cosmic rays and the chemicals and atoms that make up the interstellar space between stars are the focus of this...
The second of three missions as part of NASA’s Antarctica Long Duration Balloon Flight Campaign was successfully...
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,...
A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet in...
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 BARREL team at the SANAE IV research station celebrates their final launch in the Antarctica sun. Credit: NASA...
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...
NASA successfully launched a super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, at 11:35 a.m. Tuesday,...
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...
Rocket University - Balloon Launch at KARS 1
Rocket University - Balloon Launch at KARS 1
Rocket University - Balloon Launch at KARS 1
Rocket University - Balloon Launch at KARS 1
Rocket University - Balloon Launch at KARS 1