NASA high-altitude balloon breaks agency flight record

NASA’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) mission launches from Antarctica on Dec. 31, 2023. GUSTO, whose mission ended on Feb. 26, included a telescope tethered to a stadium-sized, zero-pressure scientific balloon that reached altitudes above 125,000 feet (38,100 meters). A NASA scientific balloon mission just set a new […]

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