NASA uses two types of balloons to lift payloads towards the atmosphere: zero-pressure and super-pressure balloons. Zero-pressure balloons are typically used for short flights while balloons like ...

Zero-pressure balloons, used in this campaign, are in thermal equilibrium with their surroundings as they fly. They maintain a zero-pressure differential with ducts that allow gas to escape to ...

NASA's zero-pressure balloons, used in the Antarctic campaign, are made of a thin plastic film and are capable of lifting up to 8,000 pounds of payload and equipment to altitudes above 99.8% of ...

The platform allows small-volume, zero-pressure balloons to carry 12 student-built payloads at a time to an altitude of approximately 36 kilometers for around 15 to 20 hours. “The payloads ...

GUSTO included a telescope tethered to a stadium-sized, zero-pressure scientific balloon that soared to altitudes above 125,000 feet (38,100 meters). The mission, initially scheduled to run for ...

For its ascent, the spacecraft uses tried-and-tested zero-pressure balloon technology, filled with green hydrogen, like that used for many years by space agencies such as CNES and NASA for ...

Austin Harbaugh, Austin Reed and Joeydeliz Torres each have experiments going up in a NASA zero-pressure balloon in early August or early September — weather permitting. All are currently sixth ...

This area in Sweden's polar region experiences constant daylight during summer. NASA's zero-pressure balloons, used during the campaign, typically experience gas loss during the warming and ...

PE/EVOH multilayer films offer improved helium barrier performance and mechanical strength, making them promising materials ...

For its ascent, the spacecraft uses zero-pressure balloon technology filled with green hydrogen produced locally at the take-off site via renewable energy, including solar and wind. The vehicle will ...

For years the most cost effective way to do this was with a zero pressure balloon, which could only last a few days afloat. The balloon that came down last week was testing a new super pressure ...

So they could have used latex balloon, or small zero pressure balloon or even super pressure balloon.” He notes that the intact state of the material does not look like a balloon which has ...