Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted January 5 Diamond Member Share Posted January 5 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up NASA/Scott Battaion A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) mission. The mission lifted off from Antarctica at 5:56 a.m. NZST, Saturday, Dec. 20 (11:56 a.m., Friday, Dec. 19 in U.S. Eastern Time). The PUEO mission is designed to detect radio signals created when highly energetic particles called neutrinos from space hit the ice. The PUEO payload will collect data that give us insight into events like the creation of ****** holes and neutron star mergers. Alongside the PUEO mission are two other balloons carrying calibration equipment sending test signals to help scientists make sure the payload equipment is working correctly when it tries to detect real signals from space. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Image credit: NASA/Scott Battaion This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/295028-nasa-scientific-balloon-begins-antarctic-ascent/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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