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NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights

NASA Super Pressure Balloons Return to New Zealand for Test Flights

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency’s super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift balloons will travel the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes for planned missions of 100 days or more.  Launch operations are scheduled to begin in late March from Wānaka Airport, NASA’s […]

Published by NASA on 03/14/2025

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