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First Super Pressure Balloon for 2023 Campaign Lifts Off from New Zealand – Super Pressure Balloon [1]

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Date: 2023-04-15

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program successfully launched its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift super pressure balloon (SPB) from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand, at 11:42 a.m., Sunday, April 16 (7:42 p.m.. April 15 in U.S. Eastern Time), on a mission planned for 100 or more days. Over the next couple hours, the balloon will begin to fully inflate as it floats up to an altitude of 110,000 feet. Read more.

Track the progress of the flight at the following link, which includes a map showing the balloon’s real-time location, at: http://www.csbf.nasa.gov/newzealand/wanaka.htm

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/superpressureballoon/2023/04/15/first-super-pressure-balloon-for-2023-campaign-lifts-off-from-new-zealand/

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