GRIPS Launch and Recovery (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Caption

Watch the video to see the launch, flight and recovery of the NASA-funded GRIPS balloon. In January 2016, scientists launched GRIPS from Antarctica - and they recovered the payload from the ice one year later. GRIPS is a helium balloon-borne telescope designed to study high-energy particles generated by solar flares.

Credit

NASA Goddard/UC-Berkeley/Hazel Bain/Joy Ng, producer

Usage Restrictions

None

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.