1948 Press Photo Balloon Carries Research Equipment 20 Miles into Space, D.C. for Sale

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1948 Press Photo Balloon Carries Research Equipment 20 Miles into Space, D.C. For Sale

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1948 Press Photo Balloon Carries Research Equipment 20 Miles into Space, D.C.:
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template 1948 Press Photo Balloon Carries Research Equipment 20 Miles into Space, D.C.

This is an original press photo. Balloons. Plastic balloon goes 20 miles above Earth - Washington, D.C. . . . A new one-cell plastic balloon capable of carrying 70 pounds of research equipment 20 miles above the earth is shown at the beginning of a six-hour test flight in this photo just released by the navy, which has accepted the \"skyhook,\" as it is called, for upper atmosphere research. The balloon, which is about 70 feet in diameter and 100 feet long when inflated is carrying instruments for recording temperatures, pressures, cosmic ray intensities, solar radiation and other data, and also a parachute which floats the equipment to the ground when after six hours the balloon is punctured by an automatic device.Photo measures 6.75 x 10.75inches. Photo is dated 03-06-1948.

This vintage photograph is offered for sale as a collectible item and conveys no transfer of copyright.

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