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Wallops Flight Facility
Scientists and engineers are ready to fly an infrared mission called EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) to the edge of space.  EXCITE is designed to study atmospheres around exoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, during circumpolar long-duration scientific balloon flights.
Posted August 22, 2024
Astrophysics
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Goddard Space Flight Center
GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)
Infrared Light
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NASA Headquarters
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Science & Research
Scientific Balloons
On a vast ice sheet in Antarctica, scientists and engineers are preparing a NASA experiment called GUSTO to explore the universe on a balloon. GUSTO will launch from the Ross Ice Shelf, near the U.S. National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station research base, no earlier than Dec. 21.
Posted December 18, 2023
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