Balloon Program Office News Today

Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 01, 2024 - In mid-May, NASA is slated to initiate the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign at the Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden, located north of the Arctic Circle. This endeavor wi

NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying

The current mission is to map a large part of the Milky Way galaxy.

The current mission is to map a large part of the Milky Way galaxy.

For more than two weeks, NASA researchers have been exploring the universe—by balloon.

Giant balloons were in the news a lot this year, and NASA has some of the largest, which will launch early this month.

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2023 - On a vast ice sheet in Antarctica, scientists and engineers are preparing a NASA experiment called GUSTO to explore the universe on a balloon. GUSTO will launch from the Ross Ice Shelf, near the U.S

These balloons rise to a height of more than 90,000 feet.

These balloons rise to a height of more than 90,000 feet.

These balloons rise to a height of more than 90,000 feet.