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  • NASA Balloon Campaign Concludes with Final Science Flight

    A balloon gondola suspended in the air against a dark cloud sky.

    The final mission of NASA’s fall balloon campaign successfully concluded, the reflight of the CORSAIR/WASP. The mission launched from the agency’s facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, at 7:30 a.m. MDT (9:30 a.m. EDT) on Oct. 5, 2026, after it aborted on Sept. 19.   The balloon and payload reached a float altitude of around 102,000 […]