Scientific Balloons

Scientific Balloons

Scientific Balloon Begins Antarctic Ascent

A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, Dec. 20 (11:56 a.m., Friday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Eastern Time). The PUEO mission is designed to detect radio signals created […]
Posted January 5, 2026
Scientific Balloons
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights

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.
Posted March 14, 2025
Manufacturing, Materials, 3-D Printing
Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Balloons
Space Communications & Navigation Program
Space Communications Technology
Technology

NASA 3D-Printed Antenna Takes Additive Manufacturing to New Heights

In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth.
Posted January 22, 2025
Scientific Balloons
Astrophysics
Astrophysics Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Scientific Balloon Flights to Lift Off From Antarctica

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica’s icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a total of nine missions to near space. Launch operations will begin mid-December from the agency’s Long Duration Balloon camp located near the U.S.
Posted December 10, 2024
People of Goddard
Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Balloons
Wallops Flight Facility

Kyle Helson Finds EXCITE-ment in Exoplanet Exploration

Almost a decade ago, then-grad student Kyle Helson contributed to early paperwork for NASA’s EXCITE mission. As a scientist at Goddard, Helson helped make this balloon-based telescope a reality: EXCITE launched successfully on Aug. 31.
Posted September 10, 2024
Learning Resources
Scientific Balloons
Wallops Flight Facility

NASA Scientific Balloon Takes Flight With Student-Built Payloads

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program’s fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform) mission remained in flight over 11 hours before it safely touched down. Recovery is underway.
Posted September 6, 2024
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Infrared Light
Scientific Balloons
The Universe
Wallops Flight Facility

NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight

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
Scientific Balloons
Astrophysics
Goddard Space Flight Center
Wallops Flight Facility

NASA to Launch 8 Scientific Balloons From New Mexico

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaign at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. Eight balloon flights carrying scientific experiments and technology demonstrations are scheduled to launch from mid-August through mid-October.
Posted August 9, 2024
Wallops Flight Facility
Scientific Balloons

NASA Balloons Head North of Arctic Circle for Long-Duration Flights

NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled to lift off from Swedish Space Corporation’s Esrange Space Center, situated north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna, Sweden.
Posted April 30, 2024
Scientific Balloons
Astrophysics Explorers Program
GUSTO (Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)
Wallops Flight Facility

GUSTO Breaks NASA Scientific Balloon Record for Days in Flight

Editor’s note: This story was updated to state that the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs oversees the U.S.
Posted February 26, 2024
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