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Scientific Ballooning

Balloon Program Office

How Big is Big?

  • Goodyear Blimp 202,700 ft3
    • Good Year Blimp
  • NASA's Largest Standard Zero-Pressure Balloon 39,570,000 ft3
    • Zero Pressure Balloon
  • You can fit 195 Goodyear Blimps inside the largest Standard NASA Zero-Pressure Balloon!

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Scientific Balloon Update

Report back for the latest update from NASA's Balloon Program Office.