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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Scientific Balloon in Antarctica
NASA image captured December 25, 2011 A NASA scientific balloon awaits launch in McMurdo, Antarctica. The balloon,...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA Scientific Balloon in Antarctica
NASA image captured December 25, 2011 A NASA scientific balloon awaits launch in McMurdo, Antarctica. The balloon,...
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Dec 8, 2017
Balloons on Ice: NASA Launches Antarctica Scientific Balloon Campaign
Cosmic rays and the chemicals and atoms that make up the interstellar space between stars are the focus of this...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
The BARREL team at Halley Research Station in Antarctica, work to inflate a balloon. The long tube on the left is...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
Getting fuller! A BARREL balloon is filled with helium during the 2013-2014 mission campaign in Antarctica. Credit:...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
The BARREL instrument in Antarctica– prior to being encased in its protective box – destined to float beneath a...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
Members of the BARREL team in Antarctica jump up and down in what they call the Low Wind Dance as they hope for the...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
BARREL researchers get ready to release the top part of the balloon, called the bubble, as it fills with enough...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
A view looking over the payload – the instruments that fly under a balloon – while the BARREL balloon inflates. The...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
Getting ready to lay out a BARREL balloon to prepare for inflation. The helium stillages used to fill the balloon...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
Release of a BARREL balloon. The launch crew can be seen on the right holding the payload as the top of the balloon...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
While large compared to a human, BARREL balloons are actually much smaller than typical science balloons, which can...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
A crane lowers two BARREL balloon payloads onto the platform at Halley Research Station in Antarctica. Credit: NASA...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
BARREL team members run under the payload as the balloon first takes flight at the SANAE IV research station in...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
Watching a BARREL balloon – and the instruments dangling below – float up over the SANAE IV research base in...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
A group picture of all the researchers – from various science projects -- at the South African research station,...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
A team member from South African research station, SANAE IV, helps unwrap the balloon from its protective yellow...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, poses next to the instrument box, which will float...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
BARREL team members lift up the instrument box below an inflated BARREL balloon to help with launch. Credit:...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
Recovery of a BARREL balloon payload after its flight. The recovery was carried out by helicopter. This area is...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, lay out the 130-foot-long balloon on the ground to...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...
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Dec 8, 2017
Ballooning in the constant sun of the South Pole summer
A BARREL balloon launches up into the sky, destined to float on the circumpolar winds around the South Pole for up...
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Dec 8, 2017
NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
Arrival of the RRS Ernest Shackleton near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. The Shackleton is the regular...
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