Weather balloon

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Taking measurements of the atmosphere is quite important and all measurements cannot be taken by satellite and radar. For this reason, a weather balloon or a “sounding balloon” is sent up in the atmosphere to take measurements. These balloons are launched with instruments aboard to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind […]

Soviet Vega 1 balloon probe that explored Venus' atmosphere on ondisplay at the Udvar-Hazy Center of the Smithsonian Institution. In 1985 it traversed 11600 km or about 30% of the circumference of the planet. (xpost /r/CasualTodayILearned) [OS] [2204x3744]

It was not an instrument of terror.

3 weather balloons readied for release.

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The laser was shot from a balloon 20 miles above the Nevada desert. Its target was a one-and-a-half-inch hole on another balloon. Val Kilmer never had it better.

A convenient way to gather atmospheric data at high altitudes is to use weather balloons (current record altitude for unmanned gas filled balloon seems to be 53 km of BU60-1 Japanese balloon). As this kind of devices is used for weather forecast and research the specific literature on the topic […]

Release a weather balloon

This idea dates back to the Russians in the early 1970s. The surface of Venus is far too hot, and the atmosphere too dense, for Earth life. However, our air is a lifting gas on Venus with about half the lifting power of helium on Earth.

Do your best Felix Baumgartner impersonation with this balloon trip to the stratosphere

When US military fighter jets shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean this weekend, it wasn't the end of the political episode, but the very beginning.

Photo about a white weather balloon is ascending into the blue sky. Picture was taken during a 3-month Antarctic research expedition. Image of cold, climate, antarctic - 1420726

Scientists want you to join in on a crowdsourcing app that measures data relayed between your phone and satellites. Deposit PhotosCamaliot allows your phone to crowd source weather data that could help predict rainfall and cosmic events like solar flares. The post This app turns your phone into a space weather forecasting tool appeared first on Popular Science.

The "aerobot" balloon concept out of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory could explore Venus without falling victim to the toxic atmosphere.

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Balloons have been long been a military tool for survey and comms. Here's how the Ministry of Defense plans to use them.

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