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NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons
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NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons

NASA / GSFC · 2017-12-08 · photograph (digital archive)

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A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet in diameter and carries an instrument suite that weighs 50 pounds. This is small for an Antarctica balloon launch, which can have balloons Typical balloons l the size of a football field with payloads of some 3,000 pounds.

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Credit lineNASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons. NASA/GSFC, 2017-12-08. Public domain. ID: GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001470.
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