The NASA Balloon Program: Looking to the future

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1588-1593

  Smith Jr , I S ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Long duration ballooning; NASA balloon program; Scientific ballooning

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE GROUND SUPPORT; AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VOLUME CONTROL (SPATIAL);

BALLOON PROGRAM; BALLOON TECHNOLOGY; NASA;

BALLOONS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; FLIGHT; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2442517276     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.052     Document Type: Article

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