Figures and Photos

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	BESS shortly before launch in Antarctica, December 13, 2004 medium sized image (hi-res version is very large)
	Diagram of the new thin-wall BESS-Polar superconducting magnet. This magnet has 75% less matter in the cosmic ray beam than the previous BESS instrument. medium sized image (hi-res version is very large)
	BESS-Polar integration at NASA GSFC
	BESS-Polar integration at NASA GSFC
	BESS-Polar integration at NASA GSFC
	BESS-Polar final integration in Palestine, TX, September 2004
	BESS-Polar at McMurdo, December 2004
	BESS-Polar "hang test" at McMurdo, December 2004
	BESS-Polar ready to launch in Antarctica, December 13, 2004
	Balloon which will bear BESS-Polar aloft is released. The rope-like material below the bubble is uninflated balloon.
	BESS-Polar leaves the launch vehicle - first moment of flight!

This page was authored by Dr. Robert Streitmatter of the Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics (LHEA) at NASA's GSFC.

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