# @nasaartemis on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BDQUe7TmhwR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15346910-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-03-22T12:17:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

After years of tests and development, NASA’s Balloon Program team is on the cusp of expanding the envelope in high-altitude, heavy-lift ballooning with its super pressure balloon technology.  NASA’s scientific balloon experts are in Wanaka, New Zealand, prepping for the fourth flight of an 18.8 million-cubic-foot (532,000 cubic-meter) balloon, with the ambitious goal of achieving an ultra-long-duration flight of up to 100 days at mid-latitudes. 
Shown here, a NASA Super Pressure Balloon takes flight in 2015. When fully inflated, the balloon is as large as a football stadium. 
Happy #technologyTuesday everybody! 
Credit: NASA

#NASA #highflying #balloons #technology #science

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