Super-TIGER, a heavy-lift balloon, collected so much data in its flight above Antarctica that it will take scientists two years to sort it all out. Floating 127,000 feet above frozen Antarctica, a weather balloon spent a record 55 days being bombarded with cosmic rays before heading home over the weekend. Called Super-TIGER, it has traveled longer than any comparable balloon yet, and it will help astronomers understand more about the heavy particles that are constantly pummeling our planet. The ...
Super-TIGER, a heavy-lift balloon, collected so much data in its flight above Antarctica that it will take scientists two years to sort it all out. Floating 127,000 feet above frozen Antarctica, a weather balloon spent a record 55 days being bombarded with cosmic rays before heading home over the weekend. Called Super-TIGER, it has traveled longer than any comparable balloon yet, and it will help astronomers understand more about the heavy particles that are constantly pummeling our planet. The ...
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