Researchers have successfully demonstrated a new recovery system for preserving the data gathered by the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT).
Launched by NASA in April of this year from New Zealand’s Wānaka Airport, the telescope was suspended beneath a helium-filled balloon, equivalent to a sports stadium.
This huge balloon provides a stable and prolonged observational platform by floating in Earth’s atmosphere at high altitudes. It went around the world 5.5 times.
Unfortunately, the telescope encountered damage during a landing in southern Argentina; nonetheless,…
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News Source: interestingengineering.com