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NASA super pressure balloon completes ‘globetrotting’ flight

By Eden Villalovas
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NASA super pressure balloon completes ‘globetrotting’ flight

NASA‘s super pressure balloon, carrying the Super-BIT telescope, has landed back on Earth after circling the Southern Hemisphere five times.

The balloon, which comprises 18.8-million-cubic-feet, departed on April 16 at 11:42 a.m. from NASA’s long-duration balloon program launch site at the Wānaka Airport in New Zealand.

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