NASA's second-of-its kind high-altitude balloon sprang a leak and is now at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
The EUSO-2 mission being prepared for launch on a super pressure balloon from New Zealand. The mission launched on May 13, 2023 but ended 1.5 days later after the balloon sprang a leak.
A NASA scientific balloon flight was terminated Sunday after the craft developed an irreparable leak about a day and a half into flight. out of New Zealand's Wānaka Airport on Friday at 8:02 p.m. EDT . After detecting the leak and unsuccessfully attempting a fix, flight teams terminated the mission over the Pacific Ocean at 8:54 a.m. EDT on Sunday .
The SPB carried the Extreme Universe Space Observatory 2 payload, which is designed to detect intergalactic, ultra-high energy
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