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space-exploration2 years ago•3 min saved

NASA's Antarctic Mission: Exploring Cosmic Phenomena with Stadium-Sized Craft and Scientific Balloons

NASA is set to launch a series of stadium-sized craft over Antarctica as part of the Antarctic Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Campaign. The campaign will support five missions, including the GUSTO mission, which aims to study emissions from cosmic material and provide valuable information about the interstellar medium. Other missions will study cosmic ray electrons and positrons, test solar panels for extended flight duration, and measure background sound in Earth's stratosphere. The annual campaign will take advantage of the polar summer to achieve long-duration flights and gather scientific data in a near-space environment.

via The Debrief|

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science-and-technology2 years ago•3 min saved

NASA's Antarctic Balloon Flights: Exploring the Space Between Stars

NASA is launching its annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign, which includes three scientific balloon flights from the LDB Camp near McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The campaign aims to break NASA's heavy-lift, long-duration balloon flight record and will support a total of five missions, including the GUSTO mission to map a large part of the Milky Way galaxy. Other missions will measure cosmic-ray electrons, test solar panels for long-duration flights, and measure natural background sound in the stratosphere. The zero-pressure balloons used in the campaign can only fly long-duration missions during the constant daylight of summer in polar regions.

via NASA|

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