The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, is scheduled to begin long-range scientific balloon activities in Sweden in mid-May 2024. It is to send 4 large scientific balloons to carry out scientific missions, which will be launched from the Esrange Space Center of the Swedish Space Company, located north of the Arctic Circle. Near Kiruna, Sweden
Choose the S-Range Space Center because it is located in a large area. There are no crowds. It is a bright polar region throughout the summer. Scientists believe that the balloon will be able to move for a long time under continuous sunlight in the polar regions. As well as the launch distance location and winds from the stratosphere this will provide excellent inflation conditions for collecting scientific data for several days. During the balloon flight from Sweden to northern Canada
The mission of these balloons is to measure high-energy isotopes of light that will help determine the age of cosmic rays in our Milky Way Galaxy. Create high-resolution X-ray images of the polar atmosphere. Taking high-resolution images of the Sun's surface, a balloon-mounted telescope will monitor galactic black holes and the origins of neutron stars. To gain a new understanding of how these objects accelerate electrons, emit X-rays, etc., this activity will continue until the beginning of July 2024.
Credit: University Foundation for Atmospheric Research
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