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GUSTO

When

December 2023

Mission

A teardrop-shaped scientific balloon being prepared for launch on a snowy landscape.

Launching from Antarctica, Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO) will fly a Long-Duration Balloon carrying a telescope with carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen emission line detectors to measure emissions from the interstellar medium, the cosmic material found between stars.