balloon material
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of balloon material manufactured by Raven Industries ca 1990. NASA collaborated with contractors, like Raven Industries, in the mid-1980s to develop a better high altitude balloon material, specifically with the goal of reducing flight failures of polyethylene balloons. The company labeled successive attempts at modifying polyethylene film resins with names Astrofilm A, B, C, D, etc.
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content: References:
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content: Winker, James A. (01/1987). "Progress in scientific balloon materials and manufacturing technology". Advances in Space Research (0273-1177), 7 (7), p. 25.
label: Description
content: Research and Technology: Annual Report of the Goddard Space Flight Center, 1986, p. 135.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Raven Industries, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.3211.02
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content: 1992.3211
label: catalog number
content: 1992.3211.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Balloon Material
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23.4 cm x 17.7 cm x 38 cm; 9 3/16 in x 6 15/16 in x 14 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/4 in x 11 1/8 in x 1/16 in; 38.735 cm x 28.2575 cm x .15875 cm