NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more. Launch operations are scheduled to begin in late March from Wānaka Airport, NASA’s […]
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Scientific Balloons, Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Goddard Space Flight Center, Wallops Flight Facility
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March 14, 2025
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