Balloons Examine Distant Planets.(NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)(Brief Article)

Publication: USA Today (Magazine)

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In the continuous quest to find cost-effective ways to explore the planets, NASA engineers have risen to the occasion by developing a variety of new methods inspired by centuries-old, solar-heated hot-air balloons, as well as by conventional helium light-gas balloons. For NASA, balloons are of considerable interest as a means of lowering spacecraft to...

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