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September 9-10: NASA'S Stratoscope II telescope was successfully launched by giant balloon from Redstone Arsenal Army Airfield at 7: ... photography. Three prime scientific targets were Galaxies M31 (Andromeda), M32, and Planetary Nebula NGC 7662. Stratoscope II, reused with modifications for each flight, weighed 3800 kg (8400 lbs) and had optical ... altitude at 25 200 rn (82 800 ft) and performed flawlessly during night-long flight. Stratoscope drifted westward at 32 to 40 km per hr (20 to 25 mph) and returned ...

... ­ what . . " ''(Izvestia, 3/3/63, 5, AFSS-T Trans.; Pravda, 2/2/63, EOS Trans.)'' Stratoscope II tandem balloon system was launched from National Scientific Balloon Flight Station near Palestine, Tex., carrying 36-in. telescope to 15-mi. altitude to focus on planet Mars. Stratoscope II Project Manager, Dr. Martin Schwarzchild. called it "a beautiful launch." First attempt to detect ...

... to Japan, where an estimated 95 million persons viewed the ceremonies. ''(NYT, 11/26/63)'' Stratoscope II balloon was launched from Palestine, Tex., landed near Kosciusko, Miss., some 18 hrs. later ... of evidence on the life cycle of stars. NSF, which has sponsored the series of Stratoscope balloon flights along with ONR and NASA, termed the flight "very successful." ''(Wash. Post, 11 ...

... announced by National Science Foundation and Princeton Univ. astronomers. Dr. Martin Schwarzschild, director of Project Stratoscope II , reviewed first findings of the telescope and instrument package carried aloft by balloon. Studies ...

... in heart of at least one kind of galaxy was reported from evidence obtained by Stratoscope II balloon-borne optical telescope March 26-27. Princeton Univ. physicist Dr. Martin Schwarzchild said ... that radiated light and radio energy and bright lines produced by hot gases in motion. Stratoscope II had observed Seyfert galaxy at range of 30 light years from earth. '' (Lannan, W ...

... /5/71)'' Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC announced plans to launch 914-mm (36-in) Stratoscope II balloon-borne astronomical telescope from Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC in August. Objective of ... to study Galaxies M31 and M32, Planetary Nebula (NGC 7662), Orion Nebula, and planet Saturn. Stratoscope II project management, previously directed by Princeton Univ., had been recently assigned to Marshall Space ...

... University scientists successfully photographed sunspots with unprecedented clarity by means of 12-inch solar telescope, STRATOSCOPE I, mounted on a balloon platform at an altitude of near 80,909 feet. (See ...

... than 200 boosted Dart and Arcas rockets. About 60 high-altitude balloons-including one carrying Stratoscope II optical telescope-were launched to altitudes as high as 45 700 m (150 000 ...

... nations in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 15-21. ''(UPI, St. Louis Post-Dispatch,, 3/3/63)'' Stratoscope II 36-in. telescope, separated from tandem balloons by radio signal, landed 10 mi. north ...

... , 5/19/68, A3; AP, NYT, 5/18/68; 5/25/68)'' NASA successfully launched Stratoscope II, Princeton Univ.'s balloon-borne telescope, from Scientific Balloon Flight Station, Palestine, Tex., to ...

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