LIFT-OFF! NZ Super Pressure Balloon launch

Liftoff! NASA balloon to fly around the globe, validate technology WANAKA, New Zealand – A NASA super pressure balloon launched at 10:12 a.m. March 27 (5:12 p.m. EDT March 26) from Wanaka Airport, New Zealand, on a journey that will significantly expand the envelope for conducting near-space scientific investigations. Flight managers seek to break the current SPB flight duration record of 54 days while maintaining a constant float altitude. NASA expects the SPB to circumnavigate the globe once every one