Up, up and away

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Posted 5 May, 2025

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Photo: NASA/Bill Rodman

NASA launched another scientific balloon from Wānaka Airport on Sunday, lifting off into the skies at 11.38am.

The stadium-sized super pressure balloon, the second launched from Wānaka this year, is floating around 108,000 feet above Earth’s surface.

It will support several scientific missions, including measuring light and sound waves in the Earth's atmosphere.

This is the sixth balloon launch campaign NASA has conducted in NZ since 2015.

You can track the balloon in real-time: go.nasa.gov/43gsqfS

Author: Paul Taylor

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