NASA's Scientific Ballooning Program

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Balloon in Antarctica
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Other Balloon Links

Long Duration Ballooning

US-Japan Long Duration Balloon Workshop
Popular Mechanics March 1997: Countdown Begins For Earth-Orbiting Balloons
NEW! Interim Report of the GSFC Study (PDF file)
NASA Ultra Long Duration Ballooning
NASA JPL's Planetary Ballooning Website

Educational

Information

TopHat's "All About Ballooning"
U.S. Centennial of Flight - History of Flight
Centennial of Flight: Scientific Use of Balloons in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Exploratorium's "Balloon Over Antarctica"
Atmospheric Research History
Balloons: a background
Scientific Balloon Size

Student Participation

The Simulated Satellite (SimSat) project (student-run)
Iowa Space Grant Consortium: High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology (amateur radio project)

Other Programs

Aerostar International High Altitude Scientific Balloons
Canadian Space Agency Balloon Announcement of Opportunity (1995)
Scientific Ballooning in Japan pict2 pict3 pict4
Andoya Rocket Range - Balloon Launching Service
Esrange Facility

Press Releases

JPL Press Release (1993)

Manned

Breitling Orbiter
Manned Balloon Gondola

The Rest

Mars Ballooning
Balloon Links

Scientific Ballooning Program Home

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