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The Surprising History of Scientific Ballooning in 11 Missions

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Last year, NASA lofted a massive balloon over Antarctica, carrying beneath it a 5,000-pound telescope. Known as GUSTO, it will help astronomers understand the story of star formation in the universe. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . A lofted balloon might seem rather a low-tech approach to enable front-line cosmological discoveries in an era when rockets are now ripping into space with such regularity. But sc…

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Curtin University’s launch of high altitude balloon success

Curtin University’s launch of a high altitude balloon to the edge of space from Waroona last week climbed almost 33km and snapped some shots of the Earth’s curvature.

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