NASA’s massive Super Pressure Balloon completed its first continental crossing April 1, 2015, flying over the southern tips of Chile and Argentina after launching from New Zealand on March 27.
Less than six days after launching from Wanaka, New Zealand, NASA’s massive Super Pressure Balloon, or SPB, completed its first continental crossing April 1 flying over the southern tips of Chile and Argentina.
The balloon reached the South American continent around noon EDT, April 1, 2015, and continues on its potentially record-breaking mission that could see multiple circumnavigations of the globe over several weeks of flight. Credit: NASA