{"id":654792,"date":"2024-04-30T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=654792"},"modified":"2024-06-05T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T19:52:16","slug":"nasa-balloons-head-north-of-arctic-circle-for-long-duration-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/wallops\/nasa-balloons-head-north-of-arctic-circle-for-long-duration-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Balloons Head North of Arctic Circle for Long-Duration Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">5 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA Balloons Head North of Arctic Circle for Long-Duration Flights<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled to lift off from Swedish Space Corporation\u2019s Esrange Space Center, situated north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna, Sweden. The campaign will continue through early July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 5, 2024:<\/strong>\u00a0The HELIX (High-Energy Light Isotope eXperiment) balloon mission ended 7:27 a.m. EDT, Monday, June 3, after a successful mission into northern Canada. HELIX remained in flight for 6 days, 8 hours, 27 minutes, exceeding minimum science requirements. The payload descended by parachute landing safely. Recovery plans for the balloon and payload are underway. The XL-Calibur, SUNRISE-III, and BOOMS missions remain ready for the next flights in the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 28, 2024:<\/strong> NASA\u2019s Balloon Program successfully launched the first mission of its 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign from Kiruna, Sweden. The HELIX (High-Energy Light Isotope eXperiment) balloon<strong> <\/strong>mission took flight 5:20 a.m. CEST, Tuesday, May 28 (11:20 p.m., May 27 in U.S. Eastern time) from the launch range at Swedish Space Corporation\u2019s Esrange Space Center. HELIX has reached a float altitude of nearly 120,000 feet and can be tracked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csbf.nasa.gov\/map\/balloon7\/Flight738N.htm\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1041\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?w=1041\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A large metal scientific instrument with black panels is suspended off the ground by a yellow crane. A white trail of material is on the ground and attaches to a partially inflated white balloon in the background.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 51% 46%; object-position: 51% 46%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/sweden-balloon-06a903.jpeg?resize=900,600 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1041px) 100vw, 1041px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Technicians attach the SUNRISE payload to its balloon and parachute from the launch site in Kiruna, Sweden, during the 2009 campaign. The mission returns for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign as one of four primary missions set to launch between May and July.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">University Corporation for Atmospheric Research<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA is set to begin launch operations mid-May for the 2024 Sweden Long-Duration Scientific Balloon Campaign. Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled to lift off from Swedish Space Corporation\u2019s Esrange Space Center, situated north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna, Sweden. The campaign will continue through early July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNASA\u2019s Balloon Program is excited to conduct our long-duration balloon campaign from Sweden this year,\u201d said Andrew Hamilton, acting director of NASA\u2019s Balloon Program Office. \u201cOur partnership with the Swedish Space Corporation is valuable to NASA and the scientific community by allowing us to use their high-quality facilities at Esrange.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esrange, located in a vast unpopulated area in the northernmost part of Sweden, is an ideal location for the campaign. This area in Sweden\u2019s polar region experiences constant daylight during summer. NASA\u2019s zero-pressure balloons, used during the campaign, typically experience gas loss during the warming and cooling of the day to night cycle. However, they can perform long-duration flights in the constant sunlight of a polar region. \u201cThe location of the launch range and the stratospheric winds allow for excellent flight conditions to gather many days of scientific data as the balloons traverse from Sweden to northern Canada,\u201d said Hamilton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four primary missions on deck for the Sweden campaign include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HELIX (High-Energy Light Isotope eXperiment)<\/strong>: A balloon-borne experiment that features a powerful superconducting magnet designed to measure the flux of high-energy cosmic ray isotopes to energies that have not been explored. The measurements will help determine the age of cosmic rays in our galaxy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/general\/lofted-by-nasa-balloons-new-experiments-will-study-sun-earth-system\/#hds-sidebar-nav-4\">BOOMS (Balloon Observation of Microburst Scales)<\/a><\/strong>: A high-resolution imager of X-rays from energetic electron microbursts that appear in the polar atmosphere. The mission will fly on a<strong> 60 million cubic feet balloon<\/strong>, a test flight set to qualify the balloon for reaching altitudes greater than 150,000 feet, which is higher than NASA\u2019s current stratospheric inventory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SUNRISE-III<\/strong>: A solar observatory that takes high-resolution imaging and spectro-polarimetry of layers of the Sun called the solar photosphere and chromosphere, and active regions to measure magnetic field, temperature, and velocities with high height temporal resolution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>XL-Calibur<\/strong>: A telescope that will observe a sample of galactic black hole and neutron star sources to gain new insight on how these objects accelerate electrons and emit X-rays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/scientificballoons\/balloons-glossary\/\">Piggyback<\/a> missions, or smaller payloads, sharing a ride on the XL-Calibur balloon flight include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IRCSP (Infrared Channeled Spectro-Polarimeter)<\/strong>: A technology development mission for high-altitude spectro-polarimetric measurements of cloud tops to help improve measurements of the size and shape of ice particles, which are crucial in understanding weather and improving climate models.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>WALRUSS (Wallops Atmospheric Light Radiation and Ultraviolet Spectrum Sensor)<\/strong>: A technology development mission for a sensor package capable of measuring the total ultraviolet (UV) \u2212 split among UVA, UVB, and UVC wavelengths \u00ad\u2212 and ozone concentration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s scientific balloons are a quick and cost-effective way to test, track, and recover scientific experiments for NASA and universities from all over the world. These heavy-lift balloons offer near-space access for suspended payloads weighing up to 8,000 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia manages the agency\u2019s scientific balloon flight program with 10 to 15 flights each year from launch sites worldwide. Peraton, which operates NASA\u2019s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF) in Texas, provides mission planning, engineering services, and field operations for NASA\u2019s scientific balloon program. The CSBF team has launched more than 1,700 scientific balloons over some 40 years of operations. NASA\u2019s balloons are fabricated by Aerostar. The NASA Scientific Balloon Program is funded by the NASA Headquarters Science Mission Directorate Astrophysics Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For mission tracking, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csbf.nasa.gov\/sweden\/payloads.html\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. For more information on NASA\u2019s Scientific Balloon Program, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/scientificballoons\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/scientificballoons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:olivia.f.littleton@nasa.gov\"><strong>Olivia Littleton<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NASA\u2019s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 article_a hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-credits-and-details\">\n<section class=\"padding-x-0 padding-top-5 padding-bottom-2 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-2 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Share<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"social-icons social-icons-round\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-x\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?via=NASA&text=NASA%20Balloons%20Head%20North%20of%20Arctic%20Circle%20for%20Long-Duration%20Flights&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fcenters-and-facilities%2Fwallops%2Fnasa-balloons-head-north-of-arctic-circle-for-long-duration-flights%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on X.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"1200\" height=\"1227\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 1227\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M714.163 519.284L1160.89 0H1055.03L667.137 450.887L357.328 0H0L468.492 681.821L0 1226.37H105.866L515.491 750.218L842.672 1226.37H1200L714.137 519.284H714.163ZM569.165 687.828L521.697 619.934L144.011 79.6944H306.615L611.412 515.685L658.88 583.579L1055.08 1150.3H892.476L569.165 687.854V687.828Z\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-facebook\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fcenters-and-facilities%2Fwallops%2Fnasa-balloons-head-north-of-arctic-circle-for-long-duration-flights%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-linkedin\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nasa.gov%2Fcenters-and-facilities%2Fwallops%2Fnasa-balloons-head-north-of-arctic-circle-for-long-duration-flights%2F\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"social-icon social-icon-rss\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/feed\/\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to RSS feed.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 800 800\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M493 652H392c0-134-111-244-244-244V307c189 0 345 156 345 345zm71 0c0-228-188-416-416-416V132c285 0 520 235 520 520z\"\/><circle cx=\"219\" cy=\"581\" r=\"71\"\/><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-14\">Details<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"subheading\">Last Updated<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-8\">Jun 05, 2024<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Editor<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\">Jamie Adkins<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-row margin-bottom-3\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Contact<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-3\"><div>Olivia F. Littleton<\/div><div><a href=\"mailto:olivia.f.littleton@nasa.gov\">olivia.f.littleton@nasa.gov<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-row\"><div class=\"grid-col-4\"><div class=\"subheading\">Location<\/div><\/div><div class=\"grid-col-8\">Wallops Flight Facility<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-5 padding-right-4 margin-bottom-5 desktop:margin-bottom-0\"><div class=\"padding-top-3 border-top-1px border-color-carbon-black \"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2\"><h2 class=\"heading-14\">Related Terms<\/h2><\/div><ul class=\"article-tags\"><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wallops\/\">Wallops Flight Facility<\/a><\/li><li class=\"article-tag\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/scientific-balloons\/\">Scientific Balloons<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/earth\/nasa-led-mission-to-map-air-pollution-over-both-u-s-coasts\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/8p1a5473.jpeg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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Four stadium-sized, scientific balloons carrying science missions and technology demonstrations are scheduled to lift off from Swedish Space Corporation\u2019s Esrange Space Center, situated north of the Arctic Circle near Kiruna, Sweden. The campaign will continue through early July. 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