The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Remote payload took flight Tuesday, Sept. 27, from NASA’s Scientific Balloon Launch Site at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
NASA/Jeremy Eggers
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Remote payload took flight at 10:28 a.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 27, from NASA’s Scientific Balloon Launch Site at Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The JPL Remote mission is the third of six planned launches during this year’s fall balloon campaign in New Mexico. JPL Remote is an upper atmosphere research experiment that will help us better understand stratospheric chemistry and the stability of the ozone layer. The payload took flight on a 29.47-million-cubic-foot scientific balloon that, when fully inflated, is roughly the size of 99 blimps. People can monitor the progress of the balloon flight here: http://towerfts.csbf.nasa.gov/Maps/ConvGps672N.htm
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Remote payload took flight Tuesday, Sept. 27, from NASA’s Scientific Balloon Launch Site at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
NASA/Jeremy Eggers