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The Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF), established in 1961 and formerly known as the National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF), is a NASA facility responsible for providing launch, tracking and control, airspace coordination, telemetry and command systems, and recovery services for unmanned high-altitude balloons. Customers of the ...
The balloon was provided by NASA's Balloon Program Office. The flight was designed to make use of a weather phenomenon known as an anticyclone that occurs during the Antarctic summer. The wind vortex would take the balloon on a circular flight trajectory over Antarctica for 55 to 120 days.
NASA runs a national balloon program office, helping coordinate launches from east Texas and other sites for universities, foreign groups and other research programs. School science classes launch ...
The Pioneers or Astrophysics Pioneers Program is a NASA program started in 2020 intended to use small-size hardware. The missions are expected to include SmallSats, Balloon payloads, and payloads attached to the ISS, with a $20M cost cap.
Oct. 5—Kelly Korreck's job is to study the sun. When there's an annular solar eclipse, she's going to be there. Korreck is the NASA program scientist who serves as head of science operations and ...
ATIC is supported in the United States by NASA and flights are conducted under the auspices of the Balloon Program Office at Wallops Flight Facility by the staff of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility. Antarctic logistics are provided by the National Science Foundation and its contractor Raytheon Polar Services Corporation. The principal ...
Pages in category "NASA groups, organizations, and centers" ... Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility; E. ... NASA Orbital Debris Program Office; NASA Space Science ...
The balloons are “part of a larger Chinese surveillance balloon program,” he said. Pentagon press secretary Patrick Ryder speaks to reporters on 8 February. (Getty Images)