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Planetary Ballooning
The Balloon Program in collaboration with other NASA centers and private industry continued to investigate the feasibility of balloon missions on other planets and space bodies. Current NASA missions of interest is targeted for Mars, Venus, and Titan. Balloons will enable in-situ measurements at different altitudes that are currently not feasible with other platforms such as Satellites and rovers. A conceptual balloon mission to Mars is depicted below.
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Scientific Balloon Update
Report back for the latest update from NASA's Balloon Program Office.
- NASA Official: Debora Fairbrother
- Curator: Dwayne Mandeville