One of 20 balloon launches from Antarctica for the BARREL mission in January 2013. Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) is a balloon-based Mission of Opportunity to augment the measurements of NASA's Van Allen Probes spacecraft. Credit:NASA› Link to ass
One of 20 balloon launches from Antarctica for the BARREL mission in January 2013. Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) is a balloon-based Mission of Opportunity to augment the measurements of NASA’s Van Allen Probes spacecraft. Credit:NASALink to associated news item