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Tag Archives: Stratospheric balloon
Balloon Space Flight Company Completes Small-Scale Test Flight
Source: Reuters By Karen Brooks An Arizona start-up company says it has successfully completed its first small-scale test flight of a stratospheric balloon and capsule being developed to show tourists a space-like view of the Earth from 19 miles (30 … Continue reading
To Space (Okay, Near-Space) in a Balloon
Source: Air & Space Magazine – airspacemag.com By Mark Karpel A little company dreams of replacing rocket power with buoyancy.
Japanese website designer takes stunning high altitude balloon photography
Source: japandailypress.com By: John Hofilena Keisuke Iwaya, a 27-year-old engineering graduate from Sapporo, has taken his fascination of outer space to a different level – a higher level – by doing photography way up in the stratosphere.
Chippewa High Physics Students Launch Balloon with Camera into Stratosphere
Source: The Chippewa Herald – chippewa.com By Elizabeth Dohms A few years ago, Chi-Hi physics teacher Nick Gagnon watched a video of an amateur ham radio operator launching and tracking a high-altitude balloon. He thought a project of NASA proportions … Continue reading
WASP Gives NASA’s Planetary Scientists New Observation Platform
Source: NASA.gov Scientists who study Earth, the sun and stars have long used high-altitude scientific balloons to carry their telescopes far into the stratosphere for a better view of their targets. Not so much for planetary scientists.