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KOWALSKI 1 MAPLD05/F154

HASP Flight Test

NASA National Scientific Balloon Facility Ft. Sumner, NM

Operated by the Physical Science Laboratory ofNew Mexico State University

Pictures provided by Ed Konefat

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

California Institute of Technology

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Payload Gondola

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Field Test at Ft. Sumner

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Field Test at Ft. Sumner

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Field Test at Ft. Sumner

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Early Morning Field Test

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Cranes Hold Balloon and Gondola

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Field Test at Ft. Sumner

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Inflating Balloon

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Balloon and Gondola

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Telescope View of Ascent

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View from 36.5 KM (120,000 ft)

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Payload View of Balloon at Altitude

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Payload View of Subsonic Parachute

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Chase Plane View of Descent