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Other Balloon Links
- US-Japan Long Duration Balloon Workshop
- Popular Mechanics March 1997: Countdown Begins For Earth-Orbiting Balloons
- NEW! Interim Report of the GSFC Study (PDF file)
- NASA Ultra Long Duration Ballooning
- NASA JPL's Planetary Ballooning Website
Educational
Information
- TopHat's "All About Ballooning"
- U.S. Centennial of Flight - History of Flight
- Centennial of Flight: Scientific Use of Balloons in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
- Exploratorium's "Balloon Over Antarctica"
- Balloons: a background
- Scientific Balloon Size
Student Participation
- The Simulated Satellite (SimSat) project (student-run)
- Iowa Space Grant Consortium: High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology (amateur radio project)
Other Programs
- Aerostar International High Altitude Scientific Balloons
- Canadian Space Agency Balloon Announcement of Opportunity (1995)
- Scientific Ballooning in Japan pict2 pict3 pict4
- Andoya Rocket Range - Balloon Launching Service
- Esrange Facility
Press Releases
- JPL Press Release (1993)
Manned
- Breitling Orbiter
- Manned Balloon Gondola
The Rest
- Mars Ballooning
- Balloon Links
- Popular Mechanics March 1997: Countdown Begins For Earth-Orbiting Balloons
Long Duration Ballooning