NASA Balloon-Launched Astronomy Missions Underway Over Antarctica

HOUSTON—NASA’s 2014-15 Antarctic Scientific Balloon Campaign is underway, with one of three scheduled high-altitude astronomy missions high above the polar region. Two more missions are scheduled to depart the agency’s long-duration balloon facility outside McMurdo Station, Antarctica, this month...

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