{"id":23462,"date":"2020-02-26T18:55:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-believes-super-pressure-balloons-can-replace-launching-rockets-in-space-for-some-research\/"},"modified":"2020-02-26T18:55:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T10:55:34","slug":"nasa-believes-super-pressure-balloons-can-replace-launching-rockets-in-space-for-some-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-believes-super-pressure-balloons-can-replace-launching-rockets-in-space-for-some-research\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA believes super pressure balloons can replace launching rockets in space for some research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\u2019s Balloon Program Office believes its super pressure balloons can be used for scientific research that would otherwise require launching a rocket into space. <\/p>\n

The next NASA super pressure balloon launch should happen around mid-April with the primary goal of \u201cvalidating and certifying the super pressure balloon as an operational flight vehicle,\u201d according to the program\u2019s chief Debbie Fairbrother.<\/p>\n

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After a three-year hiatus, NASA\u2019s Scientific Balloon Program is returning to Wanaka, New Zealand, on a quest to perfect its super pressure balloon, or SPB, technology to support science missions for longer flight durations, with flights running up to 100 days. <\/p>\n

The team is targeting mid-April for the balloon launch, the fourth launch from Wanaka Airport since NASA began balloon flight operations there in 2015. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

NASA\u2019s fourth super pressure balloon will carry with a returning science payload that includes the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), a gamma ray telescope, from the University of California-Berkeley.<\/p>\n

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