Submission + - NASA Launching Super Pressure Balloon - Wanaka, New Zealand (nzherald.co.nz)
rupert.applin writes: The NZ Herald is reporting the launch of another super pressure balloon from Wanaka Airport in New Zealand.
"A stadium-sized balloon launch conducted by Nasa is going ahead in Wanaka after seven failed attempts.
Nasa will be conducting a super-pressure balloon test flight from Wanaka on a planned 100-day journey.
After launch the balloon will ascend to an altitude of 33.5 kilometres where the stratospheric winds will propel it at speeds of at least 100 knots through the heating and cooling of the day-night cycle on a weeks-long journey around the Southern Hemisphere, said Debbie Fairbrother, Nasa's Balloon Programme Office chief."
"A stadium-sized balloon launch conducted by Nasa is going ahead in Wanaka after seven failed attempts.
Nasa will be conducting a super-pressure balloon test flight from Wanaka on a planned 100-day journey.
After launch the balloon will ascend to an altitude of 33.5 kilometres where the stratospheric winds will propel it at speeds of at least 100 knots through the heating and cooling of the day-night cycle on a weeks-long journey around the Southern Hemisphere, said Debbie Fairbrother, Nasa's Balloon Programme Office chief."
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