Telescope to Ride in Balloon-borne Gondola (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Telescope to Ride in Balloon-borne Gondola

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X-Calibur will be installed on a gondola (above) suspended from a balloon for its observation run. The gondola was developed by Jack Tueller, a former graduate student at Washington University who now works at the Goddard Space Flight Center.

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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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