NASA Scientific Balloon Flights to Lift Off From Antarctica - NASA
Jan. 10, 2025 – Final Campaign Update: Launch operations have concluded for NASA’s Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign. The GAPS (General Anti-Particle Spectrometer) mission, which had minor d...
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Jan. 10, 2025 – Final Campaign Update: Launch operations have concluded for NASA’s Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign. The GAPS (General Anti-Particle Spectrometer) mission, which had minor damage on its fifth launch attempt, was repaired and returned to a flight-ready status for two additional launch attempts on Jan. 6 and Jan. 7 local. Both attempts were […]