NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is back in Antarctica, launching two exciting balloon missions that aim to uncover some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. The missions kicked off in early December ...
A super pressure balloon with the HIWIND payload is inflated prior to launch during NASA’s 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign in Wānaka, New Zealand. Credit: NASA/Bill Rodman A super ...
Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These balloons can loft instruments ...
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Did a NASA exoplanet-hunting balloon really 'crash' in Texas? Not according to the scientist behind the flight
A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...
In Palestine, mammoth balloons are assembled at a NASA complex nestled off a two-lane country road. These balloons can inflate to the size of a football stadium and rise to altitudes where the sky ...
Ron Rinehart recalled that as a child "my ticket into science was my library card." Now he's helping Oregon school kids punch a ticket that's lighter than air: a helium-filled balloon lofting an ...
In fall 2024, NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather ...
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