Nasa Super Pressure Balloon

NASA has successfully launched a super pressure balloon on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test flight aimed at providing inexpensive access to the near-space environment for science and technology research.

The 532,000 cubic metres balloon is expected to circumnavigate the globe about the southern hemisphere's mid-latitudes once every one to three weeks.

Nasa's super pressure balloon (SPB) is made from almost 8 hectares of polyethylene film and will ascend to a nearly constant float altitude of 33.5 km.

US space agency NASA is planning to set a record for the longest ever flight for a scientific balloon to be launched in New Zealand next month.

Meant to stay aloft 34km above the Earth's surface for 100 days, the leak forced mission command to terminate the flight after just 32 days.

A Nasa Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) was an unidentified flying object for citizens in Victoria, Australia - until it was identified.

NASA has successfully launched a super pressure balloon on a potentially record-breaking, around-the-world test flight aimed at providing inexpensive access to the near-space environment for science and technology research.

The 532,000 cubic metres balloon is expected to circumnavigate the globe about the southern hemisphere's mid-latitudes once every one to three weeks.

Nasa's super pressure balloon (SPB) is made from almost 8 hectares of polyethylene film and will ascend to a nearly constant float altitude of 33.5 km.

US space agency NASA is planning to set a record for the longest ever flight for a scientific balloon to be launched in New Zealand next month.

Meant to stay aloft 34km above the Earth's surface for 100 days, the leak forced mission command to terminate the flight after just 32 days.

A Nasa Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) was an unidentified flying object for citizens in Victoria, Australia - until it was identified.