NASA Balloon Makes Record-Breaking Flight

  • Released Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) project used a Ultra Long Duration Balloon(ULDB) to observe special features and/or changes related to a supernova acceleration limit.

This animation shows the path of the CREAM balloon during its record-breaking flight. The first circumnavigation path is seen in red. The second is shown in green and the third in yellow.

This still shows the path of the CREAM balloon during its record-breaking flight. The first circumnavigation path is seen in red. The second is shown in green and the third is yellow.

This still shows the path of the CREAM balloon during its record-breaking flight. The first circumnavigation path is seen in red. The second is shown in green and the third is yellow.

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See http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/cream.html

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 26, 2005.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.

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