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NASA’s GUSTO Prepares to Map Space Between the Stars
7 min read NASA’s GUSTO Prepares to Map Space Between the Stars The GUSTO telescope hangs from the hangar crane during telescope pointing tests at the Long Duration Balloon Facility on the Ross Ice...
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On Cupid! On, Donner and BARREL!
NASA/University of Houston/Samar Mathur In this image from August 2016, four reindeer walk past the Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses, or BARREL, payload on the launch pad...
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GUSTO Balloon Mission Maintains Course Circling Antarctic Skies
1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) awaits its flight on a scientific balloon with...
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GUSTO Breaks NASA Scientific Balloon Record for Days in Flight
4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The GUSTO mission successfully launched on a scientific balloon from Antarctica Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. local time (Dec. 31,...
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NASA Balloons Head North of Arctic Circle for Long-Duration Flights
4 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four...
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NASA to Launch 8 Scientific Balloons From New Mexico
6 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaign at the agency’s balloon launch facility...
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NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight
5 min read NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight Editor’s note: EXCITE successfully launched at 9:22 a.m. EDT (7:22 a.m. MDT) Saturday, Aug. 31. The balloon and payload reached...
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NASA Scientific Balloon Takes Flight With Student-Built Payloads
2 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform) scientific balloon mission launched Sept. 4, 2024, during NASA’s fall...
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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:...
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NASA Scientific Balloon Flights to Lift Off From Antarctica
7 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jan. 10, 2025 – Final Campaign Update: Launch operations have concluded for NASA’s Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon...
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