The footage comes from a failed balloon launch at NASA's base in Palestine (TX). It occured on October 19, 1977. The balloon was near to launch a Compton telescope made by a scientific team from Germany, when a tear developed on top of the balloon just before the launch vehicle picked up the payload. The colapsed.... more

This is a DOD footage of the first detonation of the HARDTACK I series at Enewetak Atoll, performed on April 28, 1958 under code name YUCCA. The 1.7 kiloton nuclear device was detonated on the stratosphere, after the balloon -which departed from the deck of the USS BOXER aircraft carrier- reached float altitude of.... more

The video shows a balloon flight performed for the Subsonic Parachute Development program in the framework of the MARS SCIENCE LANDER mission to the red planet. The subsonic parachute is a 110 ft. diameter ringsail design built by Pioneer Aerospace. The sequence show the exact moment of the termination procedure.... more

View of the launch operations of a four stage rocket using as first stage an stratospheric balloon. This was the most advanced system that used this combination called "Rockoon". It was a launch under the umbrella of the FARSIDE project. *** Brought to you by StratoCat - Historical recopilation project.... more

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Footage from the launch and drop operations under the "High Dive" program back in the middle 50's. These dummies where used to study the behavior of a human like body in free fall in the framework of a project devoted to develope a escape system for future astronauts whom would need to bailout from the.... more

The PEPP Aeroshell program intended to test parachutes for the Voyager mars landing program. To simulate the thin Martian atmosphe The PEPP Aeroshell program intended to test parachutes for the Voyager mars landing program. To simulate the thin Martian atmosphere the parachute needed to be deployed at an altitude more.... more

Suzuki's Stratosphere 6-cylinder prototype should be in production by 2009 and you can see the bike in action in Suzuki's own teaser.

The PEPP Aeroshell program intended to test parachutes for the Voyager mars landing program. To simulate the thin Martian atmosphere the parachute needed to be deployed at an altitude more than 160,000 feet above the earth. A stratospheric balloon launched from Roswell Industrial Air Center, in New Mexico was used to.... more

This is a video showing the Earth view from 70.000 feet. The camera was located in the gondola frame of the SUNRISE telescope hanging bellow an stratospheric balloon. *** Brought to you by StratoCat - Historical recopilation project on the use of stratospheric balloons in the scientific research, the military field.... more