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    NASA Super Pressure Balloon Launches from New Zealand 

    A large metal scientific instrument with black panels is suspended off the ground by a yellow crane.

    The first of two planned scientific balloon flights for NASA’s 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign successfully lifted off from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand, at 10:44 a.m. NZST, Thursday, April 17 (6:44 p.m., Wednesday, April 16 in U.S. Eastern Time). The 18.8 million-cubic-foot super pressure balloon is on a mission planned for 100 days […]

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    Window Opens for New Zealand Scientific Balloon Campaign

    A landscape photo of New Zealand, with a partially inflated balloon in the shape of an upside down teardrop in the distance.

    The window for NASA’s next scientific balloon campaign in Wānaka, New Zealand, has opened. The launches include two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more. Teams from the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility […]

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