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News Release 08-001

Scientific Balloons Achieve Antarctic Flight Record

Three flights in the air simultaneously over the southernmost continent

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Photo of Antartic Balloon launch

The University of Maryland's Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) payload is launched near NSF's McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

Credit: NASA Photo


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