NASA flies record-setting scientific balloon Aug. 25
NASA set a world record for the largest balloon successfully flown on Aug. 25, when it flew a 60 million cubic foot behemoth carrying a 1,500-pound scientific payload to the fringes of space. The single-cell disposable balloon, which stood 1,000 feet tall at launch, was made of polyethylene material...
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