NASA balloon sets flight record
FLIGHT RECORD: A NASA scientific balloon flying near the edge of space set a new flight record of almost 32 days, NASA said Jan. 22. The balloon carried an experiment to search for the origin of cosmic rays, atomic particles that travel through the galaxy at near-light speed. The balloon was...
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