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BALLOON - 2
BAG EXTENDED
Little by little the tethers are let out.
The launch
balloon will creep up to 600-feet above ground before
all lines are cast loose.
This flight, like the many
that are expected to follow, will carry the package to
a final altitude of 80-thousand feet, where the 36-inch
be
telescope will able to do its looking above 96 percentof the earth's atmosphere.
LIFT OFF
The telescopes pictures will
be recorded and delicate instruments may tell, once and
for all, if there's organic material on Mars.
At 5:25 the balloon and its six-thousand pound dummyare on the way up.
The entire assembly weights nine-
thousand pounds, for the heaviest balloon-lift ever
attempted.
It rises quickly in the fading light.
assembly will achieve its 15-mile climb, stay the night,
then by remote control ground crews will allow thehelium to escape.
It will drop back to earth early
tomorrow, somewhere in Louisiana.
a big adventure into them unknown.It's a big step in
The
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Balloon], script, December 12, 1962; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc968940/m1/3/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.