Leak cuts short long-distance balloon flight
A giant research balloon designed to fly around the world at the edge of space came down a little more than four hours into its flight due to a mysterious leak. NASA scientists still are unsure why the leak occurred on the Ultra-Long Duration Balloon (ULDB) that lifted off Sunday from Alice Springs...
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