Launch Schedule
GUSTO
When
December 2023
Mission
![A teardrop-shaped scientific balloon being prepared for launch on a snowy landscape.](https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001811/GSFC_20171208_Archive_e001811~large.jpg?w=1920&h=1440&fit=clip&crop=faces%2Cfocalpoint)
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.