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| Describe Media here. | #acl SpiderGroup:read,write,admin All:read # Please do not change the above entry == Flight information == * Launch date and time * NZDT (McMurdo local): 16:59 January 1, 2015 * UTC: 03:59 January 1, 2015 * EST: 22:59 December 31, 2014 * CST: 21:59 December 31, 2014 * PST: 19:59 December 31, 2014 * Launch site: Long Duration Balloon (LDB) field camp, 3 miles from Williams Field (NZWD), McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica * Float altitude: 36 km (118,000 feet) * Real time tracking from [[http://www.csbf.nasa.gov/map/balloon6/flight660n.htm|CSBF]] == Major media coverage == * [[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-high-flying-web-may-catch-the-beginning-of-time/|"A High-Flying Web May Catch the Beginning of Time"]], Scientific American, Nov. 12, 2014 * [[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/canadian-scientists-on-antarctic-mission-aim-to-reveal-cosmic-origins/article22169793/|"Canadian scientists on Antarctic mission aim to reveal cosmic origins"]], Globe and Mail, Dec. 19, 2014 * [[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/science/big-bang-to-be-investigated-from-balloon-in-antarctica.html|"Big Bang to be Investigated from Balloon in Antarctica"]], New York Times, Jan. 2, 2015 == University coverage == * [[http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S41/15/66S57/index.xml|"Far above Antarctica, Princeton's 'spacecraft' seeks traces of the early universe"]], Princeton University, September 25, 2014 * [[http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S42/05/66O95/index.xml|"Princeton satellite successfully heads to the 'edge of space' to study the early universe"]], Princeton University, January 6, 2015 |
Flight information
- Launch date and time
NZDT (McMurdo local): 16:59 January 1, 2015
- UTC: 03:59 January 1, 2015
- EST: 22:59 December 31, 2014
- CST: 21:59 December 31, 2014
- PST: 19:59 December 31, 2014
Launch site: Long Duration Balloon (LDB) field camp, 3 miles from Williams Field (NZWD), McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica
- Float altitude: 36 km (118,000 feet)
Real time tracking from CSBF
Major media coverage
"A High-Flying Web May Catch the Beginning of Time", Scientific American, Nov. 12, 2014
"Canadian scientists on Antarctic mission aim to reveal cosmic origins", Globe and Mail, Dec. 19, 2014
"Big Bang to be Investigated from Balloon in Antarctica", New York Times, Jan. 2, 2015
University coverage
"Far above Antarctica, Princeton's 'spacecraft' seeks traces of the early universe", Princeton University, September 25, 2014
"Princeton satellite successfully heads to the 'edge of space' to study the early universe", Princeton University, January 6, 2015