Jan 16 1987
From The Space Library
NASA announced plans to launch two around-the-world balloon flights to examine newly discovered high energy x-ray microflares and flare plasmas being emitted by the Sun. The helium-filled, 28 million-cubic-foot volume balloons are expected to be launched from Alice Springs, Australia, during January and February 1987. Taller than the Washington Monument, and carrying payloads weighing 3,000 pounds, the balloons are expected to reach an altitude of 130,000 feet. They would circle the Earth in 12 to 18 days and return to their launch site. (NASA Release 87-4)
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