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Tag Archives: helium balloon
NASA Hopes a Stadium-size Balloon Will Shed Light on Mysterious Particles
Source: The Washington Post – washingtonpost.com The balloon will float about 20 miles above Earth on a planned 100-day journey.
Posted in Balloons, Gas Balloons, Helium Balloons, Stratospheric Balloons, Super Pressure Balloon
Tagged balloons, helium balloon, high altitude helium balloons, NASA, Stratospheric balloon, Super Pressure Balloon (SPB)
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Boeing Tests Starliner Capsule at Spaceport America
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News – lcsun-news.com By Jason Gibbs Boeing has moved one step closer to carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
World View to fly weather radar on stratospheric balloon
Source: Space News – spacenews.com By Jeff Foust World View Enterprises, the Arizona company developing high-altitude balloons for research and eventually tourism, plans to conduct a test flight of a weather radar on one of its balloons later this year.
The Highest Jump
Source: Air & Space Magazine – airspacemag.com By Mark Betancourt The computer scientist who pulled off a world-record skydive is still wondering: Could it be done from orbit?
60th Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett Is Underway
Update – 4 At 0:25 AM, CET of September 21, the Spain 1 balloon landed on the southern tip of Italy, leaving only the Swiss 1 & 2 balloons as the remaining teams still flying.