Holloman Air Force Base is located approximately 145 kilometers north of El Paso, Texas, and 43 kilometers west of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The landscape is of high desert country with an average elevation of about 1250 meters, and 300 square miles of mountainous terrain with peaks extending up to 9,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL). On its western edge is located the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) which operated complementary for many of the missions conducted at Holloman offering a suitable open terrain to drop things.
The base occupies 24,153 hectares of land and houses 4,900 military, 870 civilian personnel, and is home to 380 members of the German Air Force.
On June 10, 1942 Alamogordo Army Air Field was established at a site six miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico. Initial plans were set to use the base for the British Overseas Training whom hoped to train their aircrews over the open New Mexico skies. However, everything changed when the Japanese launched a surprise attack against the Hawaiian Islands on December 7, 1941. As the British cancelled the program, the US military saw the location as an opportunity to train its own growing air force. Construction at the airfield began on February 6, 1942 and forces began to move in on May 14, 1942.
During three years, Alamogordo AAF served as the training grounds for over 20 different groups, flying primarily B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s. Typically, these groups trained at the airfield for about six months, before heading to combat in either the Pacific or European Theater.
After World War II, rumors spread concerning the closure of the site, fueled by the fact that most operations had ceased. However, in 1947 the Air Materiel Command announced the air field would be its primary location for the testing and development of unmanned aircraft, guided missiles, and other research programs. The Holloman Air Development Center had born.
On January 13, next year the Alamogordo installation was renamed Holloman Air Force Base, in honor of the late Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided missile research.
The Balloon Branch at Holloman got its start in 1947 after the Air Materiel Command of the then Army Air Force awarded to New York University (NYU) a contract to develop and fly high-altitude balloons. In those times US authorities were aware of the fact that probably the Soviets were pursuing their own atomic bomb, so the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) started a study about long range detection of nuclear detonations throught the so called "Atmospheric Sound Channel". For this purpose they used balloons that carried low frequency acoustic detectors to the stratosphere, which would "hear" the compression waves generated by such a test. The codename of the secret program was "Mogul" and at first it used large trains of neoprene balloons and then switched to the innovative polyethilene balloons developed by General Mills Inc. of Minneapolis.
The firsts balloon launches of the program took place on early June 1947, under the guidance of a NYU team, and with support of the newly created Balloon Operations unit. One "service" flight performed on June 4th using several neoprene balloons failed soon after launched and landed in the ranch of Marc Brazel in New Mexico who found the debris the next morning making headlines across the nation that a "flying saucer" had crash. Thirty years later this happening will be known as the "Roswell Incident" becoming one of the cornerstones of the UFO myth. Several other missions followed during June that first ill-fated test flight, and on July 3 was launched for the first time a MOGUL mission using several polyethilene balloons in tandem.
Although the entire effort would probe not succesful in his primary goal, it boosted the development and testing of constant level balloons and paved the way to create one of the most active balloon launch sites in the United States for the years to come.
By 1948 the launches started to be performed by Air Force personnel, and the next year was officially organized the Balloon Branch as a subdivision within the Electronic and Atmospheric Projects section at Holloman AFB being operated by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (AFCRL). July 21, 1950 marked the start of operations for the branch with the launch of the first polyethilene balloon devoted to perform atmospheric sampling.
In those early years, the balloons launched from Holloman were part of a wide range of experiences that involved from their use as targets for missile tests to high-altitude missions that photographed the moon, the sun, and the stars. Another important research was developed in the field of the cosmic rays, using animals sent for long exposure times to the stratosphere in specially built sealed capsules, to asses how these particles affected their celular growing and descendence. This late project was carried out by the Aeromedical Field Laboratory (AMFL) and often this activity led to the transport of all the launch hardware to places located farther north to allow a better exposition of the test subjects to cosmic radiation.
In June 1951, Air Force Headquarters approved a project proposed by AFCRL to obtain more accurate data on high-altitude winds by using instrumented polyethylene balloons. The initiative carried out under the name of project "MOBY DICK" started at Holloman with early technological launches and later went to full scale with more than 500 balloons flown from several sites along the United States. As a spin off of the program a variety of new systems and launch techniques were developed and deep knowledge of wind patterns was gained. Of the hundreds of balloons launched by the Balloon Branch for "MOBY DICK", many have crossed the Atlantic Ocean and managed to reach remote places like Azores Islands, North Africa, Spain, England and Norway.
Although "Moby Dick" was widely recognized as a scientific project, another effort that used much of the information gained on wind patterns had a more secret twist: the development of a then secret high resolution photographic camera and several other items under "Project GOPHER". This was part of a strategic reconnaisance operation aimed to spy the Soviet Union called "Genetrix" taht used balloons launched from several cities of Europe. That massive and useless balloon invasion of the countries behind the iron curtain took place in early 1956. Holloman served as launch place for several flight test of "GOPHER" since August 1952 when Air Force terminated the original contract for the project with General Mills and transferred the operations to the Balloon Branch.
Another important project carried out at Holloman was "HIGH DIVE", a study of high-altitude escape systems. Under this initiative, the group assisted with dozens of balloon flights that carried life-sized anthropomorphic dummies to high altitudes where they were released to test different types of parachutes and to study the rate of spin that they acquired with conventional systems. Several of these launches were conducted from remote locations around the base to take advantage in different months of the prevailing winds to drop the Dummies inside the restricted areas of the WSMR.
By that time, AFCRL assumed within the Air Force program the overall responsability of all the development work in the field of ballooning, which become an important part of the activity carried out at Holloman AFB.
A singular milestone was set on 1956 when the balloon branch assisted 20th Century Fox in the making of the movie "On The Threshold of Space". Aside the guest appearance of Holloman personnel as extras in the film, a pair of balloon flights were performed with a dummy spherical gondola dubbed "Skylight" to obtain shots that later would be included in the movie.
As far as we know this was the only movie ever filmed that included stratospheric balloons as "main characters" of the plot.
Between late 50's and early 60's various projects involved the execution of manned balloon missions. Several low level flights to train personel were also conducted by the USAF as part of the effort of the "MANHIGH" project, whose third and last flight in 1958 was launched from Holloman.
The next year the base was the neural point of another manned program called "EXCELSIOR" which was a continuation of the "HIGH DIVE" effort but using instead of antropomorphic dummies a human pilot to jump from the stratosphere. The objective was to test a new parachute system developed by Francis Baupre for high altitude bailouts. After two more or less succesfull jumps in 1959, US Air Force Captain Joseph W. Kittinger (who also was pilot of the first "MANHIGH" balloon mission performed in Minnesota in 1957) stepped out from a open gondola at an altitude of 102,800 feet on August 16 1960, plummeting towards the ground for more than four minutes, before finally opening his parachute at an altitude of 18,000 feet setting a record still unbeated. No person had ever parachuted to Earth from a higher altitude.
Kittinger would return to the balloon flight a third time two years after "EXCELSIOR" jumps under the aegis of project "STARGAZER". It began in 1959 to study high-altitude astronomical phenomena from above 95 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, which allowed undistorted visual and photographic observations of the stars and planets.
On December 13 1962, Kittinger and the astronomer William White rose to an altitude of 82,200 feet from Holloman AFB. In addition to obtaining valuable telescopic observations, the flight provided useful information for the development of pressure suits and associated life support systems. Despite the success, the rest of the planned flights of the project were never materialized due to lack of funds, thus "STARGAZER" become the closing act of the high altitude manned balloon history: outside some private efforts carried out by civilians, no new flights would be ever attempted by any federal agency or the military.
1961 will see the first of the many changes of dependency within the Air Force, as the Balloon Branch including its test programs, facilities and resources became a part of the AFCRL's Research Instrumentation Laboratory. The list of experiments performed during those times by Holloman's balloon branch is huge so any intent to mention all of them would render endless this text, however one experience worth of mention was BANSHEE (acronym for Balloon and Nike Scaled High Explosions Experiments), a project aimed to determine the destructive potential of explosions at various altitudes as part of a program to develope an effective antimissile system. Balloons carried huge pentolite explosive spheres and instruments, to measure the blast effects at altitudes between 38.000 and 115.000 feet. The program required several developments including the reconfiguration of a M48A2 tank as payload launch vehicle to allow a safe place to stay for the personnel that handled the balloon trains in those missions that carried the powerful explosives.
Another singular part of the balloon activity at Holloman was devoted to test several space probes and capsules destinated to explore the planets of our solar system. These vehicles were released in ballistic flights from stratospheric balloons to study their reentry behaviour in an environment of similar density to the atmosphere of Mars or Jupiter.
This kind of missions started in the 60's with a first drop test of a nosecone similar to the one of the DISCOVERER XII spy satellite and continued through the following decades with projects like VOYAGER (Mars) , GALILEO (Jupiter) , VIKING (Mars), PIONEER (Venus) or programs like the PEPP (Planetary Entry Parachute Program) which studied the best way to decelerate a vehicle reentering from orbit, using a saucer shaped aeroshell. Most of the launches were performed from the Walker Air Force Base (renamed after 1967 as Roswell Industrial Air Center) to allow a safe descent at restricted space inside White Sands Missile Range.
A great amount of balloon flights were devoted to atmospheric sampling. One of the longer lasting programs on this field was Project ASHCAN established in 1956 by the US Atomic Energy Commission. It consisted initially in a single balloon-borne system to obtain air samples at certain altitudes to mesure radionucleotides that had been supposedly blasted into the stratosphere by nuclear tests conducted by the Russians, Chinese, and others. The Ashcan flights gathered dust from the stratosphere, providing experts with a vast amount of information concerning the capabilities and activities of the United States' adversaries.
Although from the start ASHCAN was operated by the Air Weather Service, in 1972 the Energy Research and Development Administration transferred responsability for the balloon operations to AFCRL's Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory, starting to launch the ASHCAN balloons from Holloman AFB as well continued to support other flights for the project in several remote locations like Alaska and Panama.
Let's make a pause in the history of the balloon activities at Holloman AFB to make focus in the infrastructure available for the task along the time.
As occur with several other launch bases which where part or functioned inside military bases, there is no much detailed information available on the topic.
As far as we know for the balloon launches the branch counted with a specially built concrete rectangular area located close to the legendary high speed test track in the west side of the base which became the neural point of balloon operations.
The place is known as the Nenninger Site in honor of Maj. Richard L. Nenninger who died on April 7, 1970 as a result of the injuries received in an aircraft crash in the Sacramento Mountains, during a balloon recovery mission. A number of launches were also performed from the base runway itself and aditionally those missions which involved very sensitive payloads or explosives were launched from remote locations in the north boundaries of the base.
All operations were prepared, followed and controlled from the Balloon Operations Center, inside Building 850 in Holloman AFB. There were located the administrative offices, a big payload integration hall and all the balloon support instrumentation: telemetry, flight control, flight safety, data acquisition and display, inflight tracking, communications and navigation. Also the building counted with a complete weather station, machine shop, instrumentation lab, parachute shop, and a small altitude chamber. On regard mobile facilities the balloon branch counted with instrumented vans for radio command communications, telemetry and flight tracking, allowing the group to perform launches everywhere.
As can be seen in the pictures, there is a tendency to use big cranes as launch vehicles at Holloman operations. This has its origin in a then new launch technique developed by the Balloon Branch in the 50's to overcome unsatisfactory results with previous launch procedures.
In this new launch technique the payload is tied to the crane boom before inflation of the balloon and elevated with the crane. The balloon is then inflated and hold in place by means of a roller or spool mounted in a launch platform. The crane is moved down wind simultaneously with release of the balloon from the launch platform, and the payload released from the end of the boom by electrical cutting squibs. This technique evolved from a static type crane launch where the balloon was inflated before the payload is tied in then captured by the boom. Later developments included a vertical inflation with crane and a semi-crane capture system.
In the mid-1970s, the balloon program experienced some troubles having a large number of balloon failures. This situation caused the Air Force to seek a contractor to assume overall management of the operations. So, in 1976 the first major ballooning contract (valued at about $300,000 per year) was awarded to the Physical Science Laboratory (PSL) of New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces which took control of the operations in fiscal year 1977. The addition of an external contractor proved a success as flight and mission failures dropped during the first several years of the contract.
Although still on those times the group was refered to as "the balloon branch" the official denomination was Air Force Geophysical Laboratory Detachment 1.
During the remainder of the 70's and the following decade, the amount of balloon flights performed at Holloman AFB decreased accompanying a global trend. Of these, several were devoted to military and defense programs. Remote sensing and detection was the most active field. Two examples of payloads flown on those years at Holloman were DUCKY and ABLE. The first one was an experiment devoted to make gravity measurements from a high-altitude balloon to verify global and upward-continued gravity models while the second was a developmental program that tested the needed technology for space lidar platforms to be deployed in future missions on the Space Shuttle or on a dedicated satellite.
Another remarkable experiment was BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) a program designed to make temporal, spatial, and spectral measurements of earth backgrounds in the infrared. It was commissioned by the Air Force Space Division to generate data in support of an advanced warning system being developed at the time. The spinoff of the program would be a sensor capable of characterizing the exhaust plumes of the thrusters aboard post-boost vehicles, a primary target for the infrared sensors of the proposed defense system.
Also during this time was continued the ASHCAN sampling program performing flights in a more or less regular basis until the termination of the effort in 1982. However, some additional flights were performed for very specific tasks. One os such missions was carried out in 1984 to catch traces of radioactive debris from the burnup of the nuclear powered russian satellite COSMOS 1402 destroyed in reentry over the South Atlantic Ocean in Febraury 1983.
In mid 80's, totally unconnected with the balloon activities at Holloman AFB, a spectrometer called GRAD (Gamma Ray Advanced Detector) was developed by a joint effort of the University of Florida, DARPA, and the Goddard Space Flight Center. It was waiting its turn to fly on a Space Shuttle mission, when two happenings would change its fate: the Challenger disaster in January 1986 and the apparition of the Supernova 1987A in the southern hemisphere skies in Febraury 1987. As a result of the unexpected mishap, the instrument -at the time completely qualified for spaceflight- was forced to stay in the ground undefinelly, while in the sky was developing a unique celestial event.
Not resigned to missing the astrophysical event of the century, the GRAD team quickly contacted the Air Force Geophysical Laboratory (NASA's National Scientific Balloon Facility was not an option as they would be very busy launching payloads from Australia for the same purpose) and asked if the balloon branch could manage the launch of GRAD under a stratospheric balloon from Antarctica.
After preliminary meetings between March and July of 1987 the challenging nature of that mission was clear: all preparations would be driven by a set of inflexible deadlines imposed by natural circumstances, meaning that the team would have only four months to get the instrument and flight gear developed, integrated, tested and loaded onto a C-l4l cargo plane scheduled to depart the United States for Antarctica on 13 November. A month later the experimenters and launch crew would arrive at McMurdo Station, and the first launch attempt would be scheduled for the first week of January. Leaving aside the busy schedule, the most important issue was that GRAD would be the first experiment using a balloon of that size in the white continent.
The launch site choosen was Williams Field Airport near McMurdo Station, instead of the original plan to launch from the Amundsen-Scott base at the south pole. The main reason was the better logistic support offered by that place. The transformation of GRAD in a balloon-borne instrument required several adaptations including the developing of a gondola to mount it and a novel pointing system to get the instrument aligned to the sun (assigned to the University of Florida), to design a solar power system for the gondola (New Mexico State University), to devise a method of tracking the balloon as it drifted out of range of Williams Field (Aerospace Corporation) and to create a telemetry system that would operate from an airborne LC-130 plane (assigned to AFGL). All parties had to ship their respective components to Holloman AFB by October 9 for integration and testing of the completed system.
With the support of National Science Foundation and its contractors that prepared staging and launch facilities in McMurdo and constructed a launch gantry to fit onto the bed of a Delta-3 vehicle, in December 16 the scientific team and launch crew set foot on the ice and started the integration phase of the missions seting up and testing all the systems while the GRAD instrument was prepraed for the flight. Aside several problems that arose due to the complexity of the task, the balloon was finally launched on January 8, 1988 and terminated 3 days later after traveling 1440 kms at a mean altitude of 34.5 kms.
Although shorter than expected the flight proved succesful detecting anisotropic features in the background and despite a full circle around the south pole was not completed, from the ballooning point of view the mission had set several milestones that paved the way to present Antarctic balloon launch capability. Also it was one of the highest achievements of the balloon group on the decade.
The years to come would see a sharp decrease in the amount of balloon launches as well several modifications that will change the face of the program forever.
In middle 90's as ocurred before, the balloon branch experienced a complete restructuration but this time also suffered a full relocation being no longer an independent group. The balloon program is now under direct managment of the Vehicles Space Experiment Integration, headquartered at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, and under the umbrella of the Air Force Research Laboratory located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. All balloon activities (both free and tethered) are enclosed in the Near-Space Access Program.
Their main facility is located on the west side of Kirtland AFB, and is known as the Aerospace Engineering Facility (AEF). It is devoted to space experiment integration, verification, and testing and is operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Technology Integration and Demonstration Division. The AEF houses a 60 foot tall, 4,500 squarefoot high bay laboratory for the assembly testing of all kind of space flight hardware (not only balloon-borne experiments); and count with a clean room, three environmental chambers, a thermal vacuum chamber, three vibration tables and a copper screen room to conduct electromagnetic compatibility/susceptibility testing. The facility also includes electrical and mechanical labs, and a machine shop for hardware fabrication. As occured in recent decades a contractor (Applied Technology Associates or ATA, a defense firm from Albuquerque, New Mexico) is in charge of the operations.
With all these changes and with the operative focus and main facility of the balloon projects in Kirtland AFB, only a few traces of the old balloon glory days are still present at Holloman AFB. The only remaining infrastructure for balloon operations at Holloman is the Nenninger Site that still is used for sporadic balloon launches. As far as we know, Building 850 is not in use anymore. It was abbandoned a few years ago and there are plans to demolish it in the near future.
Only a few flights per year are being done in a very irregular basis.
In 2012, after the record set by Felix Baumgartner on his stratospheric jump, the balloon branch received huge media attention as they were the team in charge of the balloon operations for the succesful feat.
Date | Hour | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
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6/4/1947 | ~ 3:00 mst | --- | MOGUL PROJECT | Balloons broke free |
6/5/1947 | 5:17 mst | 5 h 50 m | MOGUL PROJECT | Roswell, New Mexico, US |
7/2/1947 | 5:09 mst | 8 h | MOGUL PROJECT | Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US |
7/3/1947 | 3:03 mst | 3 h 15 m | MOGUL PROJECT | --- No Data --- |
7/5/1947 | 5:01 mst | 9 h | MOGUL PROJECT | Not recovered |
7/7/1947 | 5:08 mst | --- | MOGUL PROJECT | Not recovered |
9/9/1947 | 16:47 mst | 7 h | MOGUL PROJECT | In Croft, Kansas, US |
5/10/1948 | 20:33 mst | 24.5 h | MOGUL PROJECT | In Val D'Or, Quebec, Canadá |
4/29/1949 | --- | FFTV (Free Fall Test Vehicle) | In the White Sands Proving Ground range, New Mexico, US | |
3/2/1950 | 52 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Myrdal, Norway | |
3/14/1950 | 2 d | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In NE Algeria | |
7/21/1950 | 2 h | SAMPLING APPARATUS | Tularosa Peak, New Mexico, US | |
7/27/1950 | 27 h | SAMPLING APPARATUS | Parker Dam, California, US | |
8/10/1950 | 1 h 15 m | SANDBAGS - (Test of recovery techniques) | 10 Miles SW, Holloman AFB, N.Mexico, US | |
8/29/1950 | --- | TEST FLIGHT | 3 Miles NW of Valmont, New Mexico, US | |
8/29/1950 | 05:30 ? | 10 m | TEST FLIGHT | 10 Miles NW, Holloman AFB, N.Mexico, US |
9/8/1950 | 6:25 local | 7 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (ALBERT PROJECT) + DOSIMETER | 3 Miles N of Mayhill, New Mexico, US |
9/16/1950 | 7:40 local | 4 h | SPECTROGRAPH + DOSIMETER | 80 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
9/28/1950 | 6:30 local | 3h 40m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (ALBERT PROJECT) + DOSIMETER | In Strip 2, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
11/29/1950 | 2 h 30 m | CANISTER + DOSIMETER | 18 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
1/18/1951 | 1 h 20 m | CANISTER + DOSIMETER | 10 miles W of Hope, New Mexico, US, US | |
1/26/1951 | 1 h 35 m | AEROBEE NOSE CONE | 22 Miles NW of Tularosa, New Mexico, US | |
4/7/1951 | 7 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | In Sweetwater, Texas, US | |
4/7/1951 | 15 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | In Greenville, Mississippi, US | |
4/16/1951 | --- | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | In West Virginia, US | |
4/20/1951 | 15 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | Aspermont, Texas, US | |
5/3/1951 | 2 h | AIR SAMPLING APPARATUS + DOSIMETER | 10 Miles ENE of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US | |
5/8/1951 | 3 h | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | Columbus, Mississippi, US | |
5/10/1951 | 3 h | AIR SAMPLING APPARATUS | 18 Miles E of Mayhill, New Mexico, US | |
5/24/1951 | --- | MELPAR TRANSMITTER | --- No Data --- | |
6/22/1951 | 25 m | ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROGRAPH | Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/16/1951 | 5 h | DUMMY LOAD (SAND BAGS) | Near White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US | |
8/23/1951 | 2 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In a point called Peter 15, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/29/1951 | 1 h 15 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | La Luz, New Mexico, US | |
9/5/1951 | 6 h 30 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In the Fort Bliss Artillery Range, Texas, US | |
9/7/1951 | 11 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In Craig, New Mexico, US | |
9/8/1951 | --- | TRACK PLATES | No flight. Balloon destroyed during inflation | |
9/9/1951 | 1 h 30 m | TRACK PLATES | Near Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
9/21/1951 | 16 h | INFRARED GEAR | Never recovered | |
9/26/1951 | 4 h | TRACK PLATES | Near Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
10/3/1951 | 2 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 35 Miles SE of Hondo, New Mexico, US | |
10/16/1951 | 2 h | DUMMY LOAD (SAND BAGS) | Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico, US | |
10/18/1951 | 2 h | COMMAND RELEASE GEAR TEST | NW of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US | |
11/6/1951 | 2 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Oro Grande, New Mexico, US | |
11/10/1951 | 35 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Lake Charles, Louisiana, US | |
11/13/1951 | --- | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Oro Grande, New Mexico, US | |
11/14/1951 | 15 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | Guntersville, Alabama, US | |
11/20/1951 | 43 h 25 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 2 TEST) | 200 miles E of Charleston, South Carolina, US | |
11/28/1951 | 25 m | TRACK PLATES | 2 Miles NE from launch site | |
11/30/1951 | 15:40 local | 7 h 30 m | TRACK PLATES | 1 Mile NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
12/21/1951 | 4 h | PROJECT GOPHER GEAR | 7 miles W of Abilene, Texas, US | |
12/28/1951 | 3 h 10 m | PROJECT GOPHER GEAR | 12 Miles SE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
1/23/1952 | 4 h | PROJECT GOPHER GEAR | --- No Data --- | |
1/29/1952 | 44 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | In coordinates 28.1° N 74.4° W | |
2/2/1952 | 36 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | In coordinates 34.4° N 73.5° W | |
2/6/1952 | 9 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | --- No Data --- | |
2/9/1952 | 47 h 25 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | In coordinates 28.2° N 73.4° W | |
2/14/1952 | 92 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | NE of Montreal, Canada | |
2/19/1952 | 48 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | Hope, kansas, US | |
2/20/1952 | 43 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | Aguilar, Colorado, US | |
2/22/1952 | 40 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | Gulf of California, US | |
2/27/1952 | 1 h 30 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | Hope, New Mexico, US | |
2/27/1952 | 62 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | 13 Miles N od Stark, Louisiana, US | |
3/3/1952 | 1 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 3 TEST) | Hope, New Mexico, US | |
3/18/1952 | 10 h | COSMIC RAY PLATES | 6 Miles NE of Dora, New Mexico, US | |
4/8/1952 | 4 h | COSMIC RAY PLATES | 15 Miles SE of Caprock, New Mexico, US | |
4/15/1952 | 11 h | COSMIC RAY PLATES + FRUIT FLIES | 15 Miles SW of Salinas Peak, New Mexico, US | |
4/24/1952 | 28 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | 3 miles W of Arrey, New Mexico, US | |
5/1/1952 | 5 h 10 m | SAMPLER + SOLAR RADIATION GEAR | 20 miles SW of Salt Flats, New Mexico, US | |
5/15/1952 | 23 h 30 m | MOBY DICK DUMMY LOAD + FRUIT FLIES | 38 miles NE of Carrizozo, New Mexico, US | |
5/28/1952 | 3 h 30 m | SPECTROGRAPH | 5 miles NE of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
6/5/1952 | 1 h | DUMMY LOAD - MOBY DICK PROJECT | 15 miles SW of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
6/10/1952 | 4 h | DUMMY LOAD - BARREL | Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico, US | |
7/10/1952 | 10 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY PLATES | Gila Bend, Arizona, US | |
7/11/1952 | 15 h | DUMMY LOAD - MOBY DICK PROJECT | 28 miles SW of Corona, New Mexico, US | |
7/15/1952 | --- | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) + DOSIMETER | No flight - Insuficient free lift | |
7/16/1952 | 10 h 30 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) + DOSIMETER | 10 miles S of Casa Grande, Arizona, US | |
7/18/1952 | 11 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY PLATES | 30 miles NE Yuma, Arizona, US | |
8/13/1952 | 2 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 9 miles W of Tularosa Peak, New Mexico, US | |
8/15/1952 | 25 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | West Area, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/18/1952 | 22 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Water Tower of North Area, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/19/1952 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/20/1952 | 1 h 45 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 10 miles N of Tula Peak, New Mexico, US | |
8/21/1952 | 2 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | San Andres Mountains, New Mexico, US | |
8/23/1952 | 1 h 45 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 1 mile W of Strip 2, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/25/1952 | 2 h 30 m | SAMPLING BOTTLE + INFRARED GEAR | 10 miles WSW of Salinas Peak, New Mexico, EEUU | |
8/25/1952 | 2 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 10 miles W of Tula Range Camp, New Mexico, US | |
8/26/1952 | 1 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 2 miles S of Tula Peak, New Mexico, US | |
8/27/1952 | 2 h 30 m | SAMPLING BOTTLE + INFRARED GEAR | 28 miles NNW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/27/1952 | 22 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Pringle, Texas, US | |
8/28/1952 | --- | GOPHER PROJECT | Launch platform failed before balloon release | |
8/28/1952 | 33 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | N of Aeromedical Laboratory building, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/29/1952 | 60 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Recovered 5 months later in Clark, Missouri, US | |
8/29/1952 | 5 h 30 m | GOPHER PROJECT | 18 miles N of San Lorenzo, New Mexico, US | |
8/29/1952 | 33 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Near Dyvad's airport, New Mexico, US | |
9/2/1952 | 80 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Recovered 7 weeks later in South Ogema, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
9/2/1952 | 1 h 15 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 10 Miles SE of Valmont, New Mexico, US | |
9/3/1952 | 80 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Recovered 5 weeks later 30 miles N of Kemmerer, Wyoming; US | |
9/3/1952 | 2 h 30 m | INFRARED GEAR | 3 miles SE of Condron Field, New Mexico, US | |
9/4/1952 | 4 h | GOPHER PROJECT | WSW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
9/4/1952 | 78 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 25 miles NW of Ogden, Utah, US | |
9/5/1952 | 3 h 15 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 15 miles W of Las Cruces, New Mexico, US | |
9/5/1952 | 2 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | White Sands Monument, New Mexico, US | |
9/5/1952 | 32 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 37 miles N of Colorado Springs, Colorado, US | |
9/6/1952 | 62 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | In Arcadia, Nebraska, US | |
9/7/1952 | 53 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | In Aguilar, Colorado, US | |
9/8/1952 | 71 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 35.5º N 120.5º W | |
9/9/1952 | 1 h 30 m | INFRARED GEAR | Balloon burst at 52.4 kft. Payload recovered 3 miles S of White Sands, New Mexico, US | |
9/9/1952 | 36 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 20 miles S of Ray, Arizona, US | |
9/10/1952 | 6 h 30 m | GOPHER PROJECT + RED BAG | 15 miles NW of Carrizozo, New Mexico, US | |
9/10/1952 | 71 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | Crown Point, New Mexico, US | |
9/11/1952 | 4 h | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | Near Salinas Peak, New Mexico, US | |
9/11/1952 | 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 6 miles NE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
9/11/1952 | 6 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 30 miles NE of Prescott, Arizona, US | |
9/12/1952 | 44 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | In Keyes, Oklahoma, US | |
9/13/1952 | 24 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | In Covington, Tennessee, US | |
9/15/1952 | 2 h 55 m | GOPHER PROJECT + RED BAG | Near Strip 1, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
9/15/1952 | 40 h | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | 40 miloes W of Carbos, New Mexico, US | |
9/16/1952 | 2 h 30 m | MOBY DICK (MODEL # 4 TEST) | In Covington, Tennessee, US | |
9/23/1952 | 2 h 30 m | OZONESONDE + CDE | --- No Data --- | |
9/24/1952 | --- | GOPHER PROJECT + BALLAST | Vertical inflation. Load smashed on take off. No flight | |
10/2/1952 | 40 h | GOPHER PROJECT + BALLAST | No Data. Contact lost after 40 hours of flight | |
10/14/1952 | 50 h | GOPHER PROJECT + BALLAST | Last contact over New England, US | |
10/22/1952 | 3 h 30 m | AIR SAMPLER | 35 miles ESE of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
10/30/1952 | 3 h | AIR SAMPLER | 10 miles SE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
11/14/1952 | 84 h | GOPHER PROJECT + BALLAST | Bridgeton, New Jersey, US | |
11/20/1952 | 3 h | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | 20 miles E of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
11/21/1952 | 36 h | GOPHER PROJECT | 5 miles W os Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US | |
11/21/1952 | --- | AIR SAMPLER + SEPARATION GEAR | 40 miles NE of Lovington, New Mexico, US | |
12/11/1952 | 4 h 30 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 15 miles E of Oro Grande, New Mexico, US | |
12/15/1952 | 3 h 20 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | In the Fort Bliss Artillery Range, Texas, US | |
12/16/1952 | 5 h 15 m | SPECTROGRAPH | 25 miles S of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
12/20/1952 | --- | DUMMY LOAD (SAND BAGS) | --- No Data --- | |
12/30/1952 | --- | CONTROL BOX | Sierra Blanca, Texas, US | |
1/6/1953 | 1 h 30 m | DUMMY LOAD - MOBY DICK PROJECT | --- No Data --- | |
1/9/1953 | 1 h 50 m | DUMMY LOAD - MOBY DICK PROJECT | 20 miles WNW of Las Cruces, New Mexico, US | |
1/12/1953 | 1 h 30 m | BALLOON CONTROL BOX | 5 miles S of Three Rivers, New Mexico, US | |
1/19/1953 | --- | BALLOON CONTROL BOX | Twin Buttes, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
1/21/1953 | --- | BALLOON CONTROL BOX | Sierra Blanca, Texas, US | |
1/26/1953 | --- | DUMMY LOAD - MOBY DICK PROJECT | In Eagle Nest, New Mexico, US | |
2/12/1953 | 24 h 30 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE | Near Whiting Naval Air Station, Milton, Florida, US | |
2/27/1953 | 3 h 30 m | SAMPLER | 2 miles N of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
3/12/1953 | 38 h | MOBY DICK + ALBERT CAPSULE | In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US | |
3/18/1953 | 1 h 36 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) | 5 miles E of Mayhill, New Mexico, US | |
3/20/1953 | --- | COMMAND SEPARATION GEAR | Aborted flight. Payload damaged on take off. 10 knots winds | |
3/26/1953 | 4 h | COMMAND SEPARATION GEAR | In Sundown, Texas, US | |
4/14/1953 | 24 h | COSMIC RAY PLATES | 20 miles E of Van Horn, Texas, US | |
4/24/1953 | 14 h 20 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) | 100 days later 58 miles NW of Pecos, Texas, US | |
4/24/1953 | 1 h 45 m | CONDUTIVITY METER | N of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
5/5/1953 | 45 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | In Grayham, Texas, US | |
5/14/1953 | --- | DUMMY LOAD - MOBY DICK PROJECT | Balloon destroyed in 8 knots wind | |
6/23/1953 | --- | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | Separtion failure | |
6/25/1953 | 4 h | COMMAND SEPARATION GEAR | 25 miles W of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/26/1953 | 3 h | COMMAND SEPARATION GEAR | 3 miles N of Tularosa Peak, New Mexico, US | |
7/1/1953 | 2h 30 m | OZONE SONDE | Near Salinas Peak, New Mexico, US | |
7/2/1953 | + 15 h | SAND BAGS + COSMIC RAY PLATES | --- No Data --- | |
7/14/1953 | 4 h | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles E of Hurley, New Mexico, US | |
7/15/1953 | 1 h 40 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | In White Sands Proving Grounds, New Mexico, US | |
7/16/1953 | 1 h 50 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | S of Lake Lucero, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
7/22/1953 | 2 h | PROJECT GOPHER - DUMMY CYLINDER | --- No Data --- | |
7/22/1953 | --- | PROJECT GOPHER - RED BAG | Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
7/24/1953 | --- | PROJECT GOPHER - RED BAG | --- No Data --- | |
7/28/1953 | 1 h 45 m | PROJECT GOPHER - DUMMY CYLINDER | 25 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/5/1953 | 8 h 15 m | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | 20 miles SW of Safford, Arizona, US | |
8/7/1953 | --- | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
8/13/1953 | 15 m | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | Hole in balloon. Impact in Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/14/1953 | 18 h 15 m | CYLINDER (Aberdeen Proving Ground) | Recovered 5 months later after 15 miles W Collidge Dam, Arizona, US | |
8/17/1953 | 8 h 30 m | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | Payload free fell. Impact 9 miles NW of Silver City, New Mexico, US | |
8/19/1953 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 13 miles N of Hatch, New Mexico, US | |
8/25/1953 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles S of Engle, New Mexico, US | |
8/27/1953 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Separation failure. Not recovered | |
9/1/1953 | 3 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 2 miles NE of Engle, New Mexico, US | |
9/16/1953 | 3 h 45 m | DUMMY LOAD (CYLINDER) | 6.2 miles SSW of Valmont, New Mexico, US | |
9/21/1953 | 15 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) + RED BAG | W of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
9/29/1953 | 6 h 15 m | DUMMY LOAD (CYLINDER) | 35 miles SSE of Vaughn, New Mexico, US | |
10/2/1953 | 1 h 10 m | DUMMY LOAD (CYLINDER) | Balloon burst at 55.000 ft. Impact near Ruidoso, New Mexico, US | |
10/15/1953 | 35 h | DUMMY LOAD (CYLINDER) | In Saltillo, Mexico | |
10/21/1953 | 3 h 25 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | --- No Data --- | |
10/26/1953 | 2 h 30 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | 15 miles E of Dunken, New Mexico, US | |
10/27/1953 | 2 h 45 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | --- No Data --- | |
10/27/1953 | + 50 h | DUMMY LOAD (DRUM) - MOBY DICK PROJECT | Detected by radar over England | |
10/30/1953 | 1 h 40 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | In Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
10/30/1953 | 2 h 55 m | CONDUCTIVITY METER | 10 miles E of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US | |
11/10/1953 | --- | DUMMY LOAD (50 GALLONS DRUM) | Aborted flight. Hole discovered in balloon after removal of reefer | |
11/13/1953 | 2 h 30 m | DUMMY LOAD (50 GALLONS DRUM) | Balloon failure in altitude. Impact 10 miles S of Ruidoso, New Mexico, US | |
11/17/1953 | 1 h 50 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 10 miles S of Sacramento Peak, New Mexico, US | |
11/20/1953 | 4 h | CO2 & C14 SAMPLING | 12 miles N of Denver City, Texas, US | |
12/7/1953 | 30 m | PARACHUTE TEST GONDOLA | 4 miles NW of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US | |
12/8/1953 | 8 h10 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 30 miles N of Hondo, New Mexico, US | |
12/10/1953 | 1 h | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 7 miles SE of Cloudcroft, New Mexico, US | |
12/15/1953 | 8 h 10 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 10 miles E of Heathden, New Mexico, US | |
12/16/1953 | 12 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (UM) | 37 miles E of El Paso, Texas, US | |
1/6/1954 | 8 h | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 33 miles S of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
1/14/1954 | 15 h | BALLOON CONTROL INSTRUMENTS (Winzen) | Masselyn, Ohio, US | |
1/21/1954 | 3 h | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | 17 miles S of Artesia, New Mexico, US | |
1/22/1954 | 3 h 30 m | PARACHUTE TEST GONDOLA | 15 miles ENE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
1/27/1954 | 2 h 40 m | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | 15 miles NNW of Artesia, New Mexico, US | |
1/28/1954 | 3 h 45 m | DUMMY LOAD (CYLINDER) | 18 miles S of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
2/2/1954 | 1 h | RED BAG + RADAR TARGETS | Near Mule Peak, New Mexico, US | |
2/3/1954 | 7 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 16 miles S of Dunken, New Mexico, US | |
2/5/1954 | 2 h 35 m | MOBY DICK BOX | 8 miles S of Escondida, New Mexico, US | |
2/10/1954 | 8 h 30 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 5 miles NE of Fluvanna, Texas, US | |
2/11/1954 | 2 h 30 m | LAUNCH AND PARACHUTE TEST | Near Artesia, New Mexico, US | |
2/23/1954 | 24 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) | 10 miles SW of Eldorado, New Mexico, US | |
3/3/1954 | 9 h | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | In Twin Buttes, New Mexico, US | |
3/5/1954 | 12 h | BALLOON CONTROL BOX + CAMERA | 8 miles NW of Kermit, Texas, US | |
3/12/1954 | 27 h 45 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE (NYU) | 20 miles E of Paris, Texas, US | |
3/16/1954 | 38 h | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | Tracked by aircraft to Georgia coast. Landing in Portugal | |
3/18/1954 | 2 h 30 m | PROJECT STOVE PIPE | --- No Data --- | |
3/26/1954 | 8 h 30 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 8 miles E of Memphis, Texas, US | |
4/1/1954 | 8 h 40 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 2 miles NE of Gould, Oklahoma, US | |
4/6/1954 | 2 h 30 m | PROJECT STOVE PIPE | --- No Data --- | |
4/6/1954 | 8 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 18 miles ESE of Jal, New Mexico, US | |
4/15/1954 | 8 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 18 miles ENE of Artesia, New Mexico, US | |
4/19/1954 | 3 h | BALLOON CONTROL BOX + CAMERA + REEL + ANTENNA | 20 miles N of Dunken, New Mexico, US | |
4/22/1954 | 8 h 10 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 20 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/27/1954 | 8 h 10 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 15 miles SE of Salt Flats, New Mexico, US | |
4/27/1954 | 12 h | BALLOON CONTROL BOX | 8 miles NW of Kermit, Texas, US | |
4/30/1954 | 6 h 45 m | CYLINDER (Aberdeen Proving Ground) | 40 miles NNE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/3/1954 | 8 h 30 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 4 miles SW of Escondida, New Mexico, US | |
5/7/1954 | 2 h 45 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 20 miles S of Pinon, New Mexico, US | |
5/11/1954 | 30 h | CYLINDER (Aberdeen Proving Ground) | --- No Data --- | |
5/12/1954 | 3 h 30 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure during float. Impact 17 miles SE of Oro Grande, New Mexico, US | |
5/12/1954 | 8 h 10 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 15 miles NE of Organ, New Mexico, US | |
5/20/1954 | 3 h 40 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 14 miles SSE of Skillet Knob, New Mexico, US | |
5/24/1954 | 20 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 4 miles of Launch Area, New Mexico, US | |
5/25/1954 | 9 h 15 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 25 miles NW of Salinas Peak, New Mexico, US | |
5/27/1954 | 4 h | DUMMY LOAD (CYLINDER) | 12 miles ENE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
5/28/1954 | 8 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 4 miles SE of Wood, New Mexico, US | |
6/1/1954 | 1 h 30 m | PROJECT STOVE PIPE | --- No Data --- | |
6/2/1954 | 8 h | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 40 miles WNW from Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/8/1954 | 8 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 40 miles NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/11/1954 | --- | PROJECT STOVE PIPE | --- No Data --- | |
6/14/1954 | 7 h 20 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 10 miles SE of Ruidoso, New Mexico, US | |
6/17/1954 | 30 m | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles N of the Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US, | |
6/18/1954 | --- | SUN SEEKER | --- No Data --- | |
6/18/1954 | 36 h | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
6/22/1954 | --- | SKY BRIGHTNESS MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
6/22/1954 | 8 h 15 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | Near Coolidge Dam, Arizona, US | |
6/23/1954 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | Insufficient lift of the balloon. Impact in windscreen area, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/24/1954 | 7:30 local | --- | ANIMAL CAPSULE | Failure of the balloon at launch |
6/28/1954 | 3 h 55 m | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In Mayhill, New Mexico, US | |
6/29/1954 | 8 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 23 miles N of Solomon, Arizona, US | |
6/30/1954 | 3 h | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 10 miles SSW of the Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US, | |
7/7/1954 | 8 h 25 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | 6 miles E of Tombstone, Arizona, US | |
7/13/1954 | 20 m | PARACHUTE TEST GONDOLA | 2 miles N of windscreen area, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
7/14/1954 | 2 h 15 m | ANIMAL AEROMEDICAL CAPSULE | 8 miles NNW of Hatch, New Mexico, US | |
7/15/1954 | 1 h 15 m | ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR | --- No Data --- | |
7/23/1954 | 2 h 20 m | CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles NNW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
7/27/1954 | 1 h 20 m | PARACHUTE TEST GONDOLA | Balloon burst at 50.300 ft. Impact 15 miles WNW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
7/28/1954 | 2 h 30 m | CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS | 2 miles N of Nutt, New Mexico, US | |
7/30/1954 | 3 h 20 m | CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS | 5 miles E of Arrey, New Mexico, US | |
8/5/1954 | 15 m | CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure at launch. Impact in windscreen area, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/9/1954 | 2 h 25 m | CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS | 23 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
8/17/1954 | 20 m | PARACHUTE TEST GONDOLA | Near windscreen area, Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
9/2/1954 | 2 h 55 m | DUMMY ANIMAL GONDOLA | 8 miles S of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
9/9/1954 | 4 h 20 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 6 miles WNW of Hatch, New Mexico, US | |
9/16/1954 | 2 h 25 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 3 miles SE of Dunken, New Mexico, US | |
9/17/1954 | --- | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | Launch failure in turbulance at base of inversion | |
9/21/1954 | 8 h 15 m | RADAR TRANSPONDER + COSMIC RAY PLATES | 5 miles SSE of Hurley, New Mexico, US | |
9/22/1954 | 4 h 30 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico, US | |
9/23/1954 | 5 h 10 m | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
9/28/1954 | 6 h | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | 3 miles E of Bent, New Mexico, US | |
10/12/1954 | 27 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE + EMULSION PLATES | 20 miles WSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/25/1954 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
12/1/1954 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the Holloman base | |
12/2/1954 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 12 miles S of Artesia, New Mexico, US, | |
12/6/1954 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | near Twin Buttes, New Mexico, US | |
12/9/1954 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 3 miles W of Twin Buttes, New Mexico, US | |
1/27/1955 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/2/1955 | 7:45 mst | --- | ANIMAL CAPSULE + PARACHUTE TEST | Failure at launch |
2/3/1955 | 7:18 mst | 1 h 3 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE + PARACHUTE TEST | Flight terminated at 40.000 ft |
2/23/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 28 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
3/1/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 25 miles S of Caprock, New Mexico, US | |
3/3/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 25 miles E/NE of Caprock, New Mexico, US | |
5/12/1955 | 5:47 mst | 2 h | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | Balloon burst at altitude |
6/7/1955 | 6:02 mst | --- | ANIMAL CAPSULE | Failure at launch |
6/15/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 5 miles NE of Dunkin, New Mexico, US | |
6/17/1955 | 5:42 mst | ~ 17 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE | Near Williams AFB, Arizona, US |
6/22/1955 | 5:59 local | 2 h 55 m | INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH | --- No Data --- |
6/23/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 35 miles SW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/29/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the White Sands Missile Range, 25 miles W of Three Rivers, New Mexico, US | |
7/7/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the White Sands Missile Range, 13 miles W of Tularosa Peak, New Mexico, US | |
7/15/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 15 miles NE of Hatch, New Mexico, US, US | |
8/26/1955 | --- | MISSILE TARGET | --- No Data --- | |
11/17/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 8 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
11/21/1955 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the Holloman base | |
11/29/1955 | 21:30 CST | --- | ANIMAL CAPSULE | No Flight. Failure of the launch system. |
1/25/1956 | ? | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the Holloman base | |
2/8/1956 | ? | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 20 miles south of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
2/11/1956 | 9:45 CST | 30 h | ANIMAL CAPSULE | 5 Miles NE of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, US |
2/21/1956 | ? | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the Holloman base | |
2/21/1956 | ? | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 20 miles E of Dunkin, New Mexico, US | |
4/10/1956 | 6:58 CST | 3 h 50 m | ANIMAL CAPSULE + TRACK PLATES | 15 Miles S of Hope, New Mexico, US |
5/18/1956 | ? | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | --- No Data --- | |
5/22/1956 | ? | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | --- No Data --- | |
8/21/1956 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In the Holloman base | |
10/12/1956 | --- | SHOT BAGS | --- No Data --- | |
10/12/1956 | --- | SHOT BAGS | --- No Data --- | |
5/16/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | In White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, US | |
5/29/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 25 miles NW os Las Cruces, New Mexico, US | |
6/4/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 11 miles N of Las Cruces, New Mexico, US, US | |
6/6/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 17 miles S of the Holloman Base, New Mexico, US, US | |
6/7/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | inside the Holloman Base - New Mexico | |
6/11/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | W of San Agustin Pass - New Mexico | |
6/13/1957 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | inside the Holloman Base - New Mexico | |
9/25/1957 | --- | SODIUM CLOUD EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- | |
1/29/1958 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 20 miles S of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US, US | |
6/12/1958 | 6:15 local | 6 h 45 m | INFRARED SPECTROGRAPH | --- No Data --- |
10/7/1958 | --- | MANHIGH III - (McClure) - Failed Flight | Balloon destroyed during inflation | |
10/8/1958 | 6:25 local | ~ 12 h | MANHIGH III - (McClure) | Near Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US, USA |
1/9/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | inside the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, US | |
1/14/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
1/14/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 30 miles E/SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
1/30/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
1/30/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | inside the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, US | |
1/30/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/4/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 1 Mile N of Bent, New Mexico, US, US | |
2/6/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | --- No Data --- | |
2/10/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | inside the White Sands Proving Ground, New Mexico, US | |
2/11/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | --- No Data --- | |
2/12/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/14/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | 30 miles W of Holloman, New Mexico, US | |
2/16/1959 | --- | ANTHROPOMORPHIC DUMMY | inside the Mesacalero Apache Reservation - New Mexico | |
2/19/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/27/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon leaker on ground | |
3/6/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/6/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/12/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Error in inflation | |
3/13/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/17/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/24/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/1/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/2/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/29/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 55.000 ft | |
5/5/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
5/6/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon leaker. Max. Altitude 82.000 ft | |
5/8/1959 | 5:15 local | 12 h | RADIOMETER | Near Bingham, New Mexico, US |
5/21/1959 | 2:41 local | 4 h | SKY-CAR (Fulgham - Kaufman - Kittinger) | 10 miles NW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
6/8/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon leaker. Attained 35.000 ft only. | |
6/10/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
6/17/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
6/24/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon leaker. Max. Altitude 20.000 ft | |
6/26/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
6/29/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 45.000 ft | |
7/7/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/10/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/17/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/4/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/13/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 42.000 ft | |
8/19/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/21/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/24/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/26/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
9/9/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
9/22/1959 | --- | TELESCOPE | 12 miles NW of Cliff, New Mexico, US | |
9/22/1959 | --- | SUNSEEKER | 3 miles ESE of Mountain Park, New Mexico, US | |
9/25/1959 | --- | SUNSEEKER | 6 miles N of Mayhill, New Mexico, US | |
10/6/1959 | --- | SUNSEEKER | --- No Data --- | |
10/8/1959 | --- | SUNSEEKER | 3 miles E of Hagerman, New Mexico, US | |
10/16/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
10/23/1959 | --- | BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- | |
11/16/1959 | --- | EXCELSIOR I (Kittinger) | --- No Data --- | |
11/19/1959 | --- | F 101 DROPS (?) | --- No Data --- | |
12/3/1959 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 2 miles ESE of Salinas Peak, New Mexico, US | |
12/11/1959 | --- | EXCELSIOR II (Kittinger) | --- No Data --- | |
1/8/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles E of Hagerman, New Mexico, US | |
1/20/1960 | 8 h 40 m | MANNED FLIGHT (McClure - Levin) | 20 miles E of El Paso, Texas, US | |
1/22/1960 | --- | PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- | |
1/29/1960 | 5 h 50 m | MANNED FLIGHT (Levin) | --- No Data --- | |
1/30/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/16/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/16/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/16/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/17/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/17/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/17/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/18/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/18/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/18/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/19/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/19/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/19/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In Mesa, New Mexico, US | |
2/19/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/23/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/23/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/23/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/3/1960 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT | 35 miles E of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
3/8/1960 | 2 h | INFRARED GEAR | 15 miles WNW of Hope, New Mexico, US | |
3/9/1960 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT | 8 miles E of Tularosa, New Mexico, US | |
3/22/1960 | 13 h 55 m | RADIOPHONE PACKAGE | 20 miles E of La Mesaa, New Mexico, US | |
4/1/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
4/5/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | In the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US | |
4/8/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | In the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US | |
4/13/1960 | --- | SUNSEEKER | 1 mile S of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US | |
4/15/1960 | --- | SUNSEEKER | North area (?) | |
4/18/1960 | --- | SUNSEEKER | 17 miles SSW of Artesia, New Mexico, US | |
4/23/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/26/1960 | --- | SUNSEEKER | --- No Data --- | |
5/3/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
5/6/1960 | 11 h 50 m | RIAS COSMIC RAY GEAR | 28 miles SE of Socorro, New Mexico, US | |
5/6/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
5/9/1960 | --- | F-100 DROPS | --- No Data --- | |
5/10/1960 | 41 h | COSMIC RAY GEAR | In Santa Anna, California, US | |
5/12/1960 | --- | COSMIC RAY GEAR | In Monticello, New Mexico, US | |
5/13/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
5/21/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
5/24/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
5/24/1960 | --- | B58 EJECTION CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
5/28/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/3/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/8/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/14/1960 | 3 h 15 m | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/22/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/23/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/25/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
6/25/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | Balloon landed in California | |
6/29/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
7/19/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
7/21/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
7/22/1960 | --- | DUMMY LOAD | --- No Data --- | |
7/27/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
8/2/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
8/4/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | Balloon burst at 31.000 ft | |
8/4/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
8/16/1960 | 5:29 local | --- | EXCELSIOR III (Kittinger) | In a predetermined zone of the White Sands Missile Range W of launch site. |
8/29/1960 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/30/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
9/8/1960 | 10 m | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT (MIT Cameras) | Balloon leaker | |
9/9/1960 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT (MIT Cameras) | 1,5 miles NE of Nutt, New Mexico, US | |
9/13/1960 | --- | INFRARED GEAR | --- No Data --- | |
9/16/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
9/21/1960 | --- | REFRACTOMETER | --- No Data --- | |
9/27/1960 | --- | REFRACTOMETER | 45 miles E of Orogrande, New Mexico, US | |
9/27/1960 | --- | SHOT BAG | Balloon failure | |
9/29/1960 | --- | SHOT BAG | --- No Data --- | |
10/5/1960 | --- | BALL BROTHERS INFRARED | --- No Data --- | |
10/12/1960 | --- | BALL BROTHERS INFRARED | 7 miles E of Picacho, New Mexico, US | |
10/19/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | Load tapes failure during launch. Payload recovered in the launch pad. | |
10/21/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
10/28/1960 | --- | COSMIC RAY GEAR | In Odessa, Texas, US | |
11/2/1960 | 10 m | COSMIC RAY GEAR | Inflation error. Payload recovered in the launch pad. | |
11/3/1960 | --- | COSMIC RAY GEAR | --- No Data --- | |
11/29/1960 | --- | 9 INCHES TELESCOPE | 15 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
12/15/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
12/16/1960 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | Overinflated | |
1/10/1961 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | 6 miles E of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
2/2/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 32.700 ft | |
2/7/1961 | --- | DISCOVERER CAPSULE | --- No Data --- | |
2/10/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
2/28/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/1/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/2/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/8/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/14/1961 | 2 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
3/21/1961 | 2 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/4/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon broke on release | |
4/12/1961 | 2 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/14/1961 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT | Balloon burst at 45.000 ft | |
4/19/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 82.000 ft | |
5/10/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 54.500 ft | |
5/17/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon burst at 64.000 ft | |
6/6/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
6/10/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
6/16/1961 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT | Balloon burst at 41.000 ft | |
6/28/1961 | 8:10 local | 1 h 40 m | CREE MISSILE (Ballute Test) | --- No Data --- |
7/6/1961 | 7:20 local | --- | CREE MISSILE (Ballute Test) | The payload was prematurely released after launch |
7/10/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/10/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/20/1961 | 5:40 local | 2 h 5 m | CREE MISSILE (Ballute Test) | --- No Data --- |
7/26/1961 | F 8 h 50 m | DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER | --- No Data --- | |
8/10/1961 | 10 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/10/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/31/1961 | 7:47 local | 2 h 30 m | CREE MISSILE (Ballute Test) | --- No Data --- |
9/9/1961 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
1/29/1962 | 7:33 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
3/21/1962 | 8:30 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
4/5/1962 | 3:49 mst | ~ 6 h | INTERFEROMETER SPECTROMETERS | --- No Data --- |
4/9/1962 | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- | |
4/19/1962 | 5:44 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
4/25/1962 | 7 h 30 m | DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER | 10 miles SSE of Balmorhea, Texas, US | |
5/10/1962 | 1 h | NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | Failed mission. The balloon ascended only to 75.000 feet and started to descend at once. | |
5/14/1962 | 8 h | NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | 28 miles W of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/17/1962 | 8:18 mst | --- | SUN PHOTOMETERS | 10 miles SW of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, US |
5/17/1962 | 7:31 mst | --- | SUN PHOTOMETERS | 10 miles SW of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, US |
5/19/1962 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 51 miles NE of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US | |
5/23/1962 | 6:00 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
6/12/1962 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 5 miles E of San Antonio, Texas, US | |
7/23/1962 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 25 miles NW of Lordsburg, New Mexico, US | |
8/2/1962 | 1:27 mst | 2 h | INTERFEROMETER SPECTROMETERS | Balloon burst at 54.000 ft. Payload landed 5 miles E of Whitetail, New Mexico, US |
8/28/1962 | 8:47 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
9/28/1962 | F 7 h 10 m | DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER | --- No Data --- | |
10/4/1962 | F 15 h 20 m | DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER | --- No Data --- | |
10/13/1962 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 8 miles NE of Las Cruces, New Mexico, US | |
10/20/1962 | 36 h | SKYTOP PROJECT | --- No Data --- | |
10/21/1962 | 27 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | In Bluefield, West Virginia, US | |
10/23/1962 | 7:17 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
10/29/1962 | 8:02 mst | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
10/30/1962 | 36 h | PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT | 90 miles WNW of Laredo, Texas, US | |
12/13/1962 | 11:30 local | 18 h 30 m | PROJECT STARGAZER I (Kittinger - White) | Near Lordsburg, New Mexico, US, USA |
12/16/1962 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- | |
1/9/1963 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- | |
1/17/1963 | 9:12 MST | 5 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA | Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, US |
2/4/1963 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- | |
2/14/1963 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- | |
3/7/1963 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles NE of Spur, Texas, US | |
3/14/1963 | 7:31 mst | 3 h 30 m | INFRARED RADIOMETER | 4 miles SSW of Lubbock, Texas, US |
3/20/1963 | 7:15 mst | 4 h 30 m | INFRARED RADIOMETER | 45 miles SSE of Lubbock, Texas, US |
3/26/1963 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER II (Kittinger - White) | Aborted flight. | |
4/20/1963 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER II (Kittinger - White) | Aborted flight. | |
4/30/1963 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 40 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
5/3/1963 | 6:25 MST | 5 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA | 34 miles WSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
5/4/1963 | 7 h 45 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | 9 miles SE of San Antonio, New Mexico, US | |
5/11/1963 | 12 h | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | --- No Data --- | |
5/28/1963 | 6:12 MST | ~5 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA | --- No Data --- |
6/20/1963 | 33 h | TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS MEASUREMENTS INSIDE PAYLOAD | --- No Data --- | |
7/17/1963 | 51 h | BALLOON PERFORMANCE TEST | Impact on the Pacific Ocean, at 31° 48' N; 131° 48' W - 780 miles WSW of the California coast. | |
7/18/1963 | 100 h | BALLOON PERFORMANCE TEST | Impact on the Pacific Ocean, at 34° 12' N; 131° 48' W - 760 miles W of the California coast. | |
7/19/1963 | 7 h 45 m | ENVIRONMENTAL TEST OF COSMIC RAY DETECTOR TO BE PLACED IN A SATELLITE | 15 miles NE of Ajo, Arizona, US | |
8/6/1963 | 8 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- | |
9/13/1963 | ~4 h | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
9/20/1963 | 7 h 30 m | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | 45 miles NE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, EE.UU | |
9/24/1963 | 3 h 30 m | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
9/27/1963 | 1 h | RECOVERY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
10/1/1963 | 3 h 30 m | REENTRY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
10/2/1963 | --- | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- | |
10/3/1963 | ~7 h | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
10/8/1963 | 28 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 30 miles NNW of Childress, Texas, US | |
10/11/1963 | 9 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 15 miles S of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
10/15/1963 | 28 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- | |
11/8/1963 | 5 h | CALIBRATION OF EARTH OXIGEN RADIATION PROFILE | --- No Data --- | |
2/13/1964 | ~ 5 h | TECNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | --- No Data --- | |
2/21/1964 | 6 h 30 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | 25 miles SE of Piñon, New Mexico, US | |
2/26/1964 | 6 h | BALLOON DYNAMICS TEST | In Hagerman, New Mexico, US | |
3/12/1964 | 6 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | 8 miles N of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
3/26/1964 | 4 h | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
3/27/1964 | 27 h | SKYTOP PROJECT - INFRARED MAPPING OF THE MOON | --- No Data --- | |
4/24/1964 | 5 h | TEST OF NEW SCRIM BALLOON AND QUICK DEFLATE DUCTS | --- No Data --- | |
5/14/1964 | 5:47 mst | 5 h | GRATING SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
5/19/1964 | 28 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | 15 miles W of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
5/21/1964 | 4 h | TEST OF INSTRUMENTATION AND BALLAST SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
6/2/1964 | 28 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | 12 miles SSE of Ray, Arizona, US | |
6/30/1964 | 9 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 20 miles SE of Coolidge, Arizona, US | |
7/16/1964 | 4 h | TEST OF TANDEM BALLOON AND LAUNCH SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
8/11/1964 | 3 h | BALLOON BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE STUDY | --- No Data --- | |
8/14/1964 | 28 h | OBTAIN SUNRISE AND SUNSET THERMAL PACK DATA | --- No Data --- | |
8/18/1964 | 30 h | OBTAIN SUNRISE AND SUNSET THERMAL PACK DATA | --- No Data --- | |
8/20/1964 | 3 h | OBTAIN DIGITAL AND OPTICAL RADAR DATA AT PARACHUTE OPENING | --- No Data --- | |
8/26/1964 | 7:41 mst | 4 h | UV SPECTROPHOTOPOLARIMETER | --- No Data --- |
9/30/1964 | 7 h | APRE (Aerospace Photographic Reconnaissance Experiment) | 12 miles S of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
10/9/1964 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 32 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
10/28/1964 | 7 h 30 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | 23 miles NNW of Big Springs, Texas, US | |
10/30/1964 | 5 h | BALLOON EVALUATION | 45 miles NW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/7/1964 | 38 h | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 55 miles NE of Dallas, Texas, US | |
11/12/1964 | 5 h | CONTAMINATION STUDY + FROST POINT HYGROMETER | 20 miles NNE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/18/1964 | 5 h | 'C' LAUNCH TECHNIQUE TEST | --- No Data --- | |
12/9/1964 | 8:47 mst | 4 h | INFRARED BACKGROUND MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
1/14/1965 | 5 h | FROST POINT HYGROMETER | 70 miles ESE of El Paso, Texas, US | |
1/22/1965 | 3 h | BALLOON TEST | Balloon burst at 61.000 ft | |
1/29/1965 | 6 h | BALLOON TEST | 6 miles WSW of Del City, Texas, US | |
2/5/1965 | 6 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- | |
2/18/1965 | 9 h | PHOTOGRAPHIC SPARK CHAMBER | 35 miles SW of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
3/20/1965 | --- | ASTROPHYSICS EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- | |
3/31/1965 | 5 h | INFRARED SPECTRA MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
4/3/1965 | 22 h | ALPHA-RADIATION HYGROMETER - HORIZONTAL FLIGHT TEST | --- No Data --- | |
4/8/1965 | 5 h | TEST OF CAPPED BALLOON | --- No Data --- | |
4/29/1965 | 14 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 150 miles WSW of Tampa, Florida, US | |
5/14/1965 | 6 h 30 m | APRE (Aerospace Photographic Reconnaissance Experiment) | 25 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
5/20/1965 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles NW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/21/1965 | 6 h 30 m | TEST FLIGHT OF VITRO CORP. BALLOON RECOVERY SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
5/26/1965 | 6 h | BALLOON AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION TEST | 30 miles ESE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/28/1965 | 7 h | BALLOON AND FLIGHT INSTRUMENTATION TEST | 69 miles ENE of Socorro, New Mexico, US | |
6/14/1965 | 8 h | WATER VAPOUR CONTAMINATION FROM BALLOON ENVELOPE STUDY | 50 miles NNW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/21/1965 | 24 h | STRATOSPHERIC HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS | 25 miles WNW of Albuquerque, New Mexico, US | |
6/23/1965 | 4 h | APRE (Aerospace Photographic Reconnaissance Experiment) | --- No Data --- | |
7/1/1965 | 4:42 mst | 10 h | UV SPECTROPHOTOPOLARIMETER | Near Coolidge, Arizona, US |
7/21/1965 | 2 h | X-RAY DENSITOMETER | --- No Data --- | |
8/10/1965 | 5 h | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
8/12/1965 | 12 h | SKYTOP PROJECT - INFRARED MAPPING OF THE MOON | 37 miles SE of Yuma, Arizona, US | |
8/27/1965 | 3 h 30 m | TEST OF VITRO RECOVERY SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
8/30/1965 | 3 h 30 m | TEST OF X-124 BALLOON FILM | --- No Data --- | |
9/1/1965 | 5 h 30 m | APRE (Aerospace Photographic Reconnaissance Experiment) | 45 miles ENE of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
9/10/1965 | 10 h | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | 35 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
9/21/1965 | 11 h | TEST OF STRATOFILM BALLOON | 32 miles SW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/12/1965 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 20 miles N of Piñon, New Mexico, US | |
10/13/1965 | 12 h | TEST OF STRATOFILM BALLOON | 30 mi. SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/20/1965 | 7 h | BALLOON SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
11/16/1965 | 3 h | UHF RELAY TEST | --- No Data --- | |
11/30/1965 | 4 h 50 m | UHF RELAY TEST | --- No Data --- | |
12/6/1965 | 11 h 50 m | COSMIC RAY AND X-RAY SAMPLING | 23 miles E of Tampa, Florida, US | |
12/7/1965 | 1 h 30 m | UHF RELAY TEST | Balloon burst at tropopause | |
1/11/1966 | 1 h | COSMIC RAY AND X-RAY SAMPLING | Balloon failure | |
1/13/1966 | 10 h 20 m | COSMIC RAY AND X-RAY SAMPLING | 50 mi. N of Memphis, Tennessee, US | |
2/4/1966 | 11 h 30 m | SKYTOP PROJECT - INFRARED MAPPING OF THE MOON | 25 miles N of Mineral Wells, Texas, US | |
2/23/1966 | 7 h 20 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | 60 miles NNW of Abilene, Texas, US | |
2/24/1966 | 7 h 20 m | PRIMARY RADIATION MEASUREMENTS | 90 miles SSE of Childress, Texas, US | |
3/7/1966 | 7 h 10 m | HUMIDITY MEASUREMENTS | 15 miles N of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
3/8/1966 | 3 h 30 m | INFRARED MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
3/31/1966 | 5 h | HEAT CONDUCTIVITY ALTITUDE SENSOR | --- No Data --- | |
4/14/1966 | 31 h 25 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- | |
4/18/1966 | 32 h 15 m | BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | 40 miles SE of Dayton, Ohio, US | |
4/27/1966 | 13 h 30 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | 30 miles SSE of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US | |
5/5/1966 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles SSE of Tularosa, New Mexico, US | |
5/6/1966 | 1 h 25 m | BALLOON-BORNE INSTRUMENTATION TEST | --- No Data --- | |
5/25/1966 | 9 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles SW of Phoenix, Arizona, US | |
5/26/1966 | --- | PEPP (Planetary Entry Parachute Program) - TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- | |
6/2/1966 | 8 h | GAMMA RADIATION RESEARCH | Balloon failure. Impact 4 miles SW of Riverside, New Mexico, US | |
6/6/1966 | 13 h 30 m | HEAVY PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION | 7 miles E of Coolidge, Arizona, US | |
6/6/1966 | 8 h | OPTICAL BEACON FOR GEODETIC DETERMINATIONS | --- No Data --- | |
6/15/1966 | 3 h | OPTICAL BEACON FOR GEODETIC DETERMINATIONS | Balloon failure | |
6/21/1966 | 6 h | VOYAGER PATHFINDER BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- | |
6/22/1966 | --- | VOYAGER PROBE BALLOON TEST | --- No Data --- | |
6/30/1966 | 3 h | BALLOON DESTRUCT TAPE TEST | --- No Data --- | |
7/5/1966 | --- | SPECTRAL RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- | |
7/6/1966 | 25 h | STUDY OF CAUSES OF BALLOON BURSTS AT TROPOPAUSE | --- No Data --- | |
7/12/1966 | 4:52 mst | 7 h 30 m | UV SPECTROPHOTOPOLARIMETER | 20 miles S of Phoenix, Arizona, US |
7/15/1966 | 2 h 30 m | PARACHUTE AND BALLOON WIRE DESTRUCT TESTS | --- No Data --- | |
7/18/1966 | 7 h 30 m | PEPP (Planetary Entry Parachute Program) - TEST FLIGHT | 20 miles S of Casa Grande, Arizona, US | |
7/20/1966 | 1 h | BALLOON DESTRUCT AND UHF RELAY TESTS | --- No Data --- | |
8/8/1966 | 6 h 10 m | ALBEDO MEASUREMENTS + UHF RELAY TESTS | 35 miles NE of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
8/15/1966 | 5 h 10 m | REFLECTIVITY TEST OF ALUMINIUM FOIL RADAR TARGETS | --- No Data --- | |
8/17/1966 | 4 h 5 m | TEST OF RADAR REFLECTIVE MATERIALS | --- No Data --- | |
8/26/1966 | 12 h 10 m | X-RAY STUDY OF CRAB NEBULA AND OTHER SOURCES | 45 miles NW of Tucson Arizona, US | |
8/29/1966 | 3 h 25 m | INFRARED MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
9/2/1966 | 11 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- | |
9/7/1966 | 11 | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 5 miles W of Douglas Bisbee, Arizona, US | |
9/8/1966 | 5:45 utc | 13 h 15 m | GAMMA RAY SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
9/21/1966 | 5 h 15 m | INFRARED STUDIES OF ROCK FORMATIONS | --- No Data --- | |
9/27/1966 | 1 h 25 m | COSMIC RADIATION MEASUREMENTS | Balloon burst at 64.000 ft | |
10/19/1966 | 1 h | INTERNAL BALLOON PICTURES OF RIP TAPE ACTION | --- No Data --- | |
10/21/1966 | 2 h | INTERNAL BALLOON PICTURES OF RIP TAPE ACTION | --- No Data --- | |
10/25/1966 | 9 h 20 m | PHOTOGRAPHIC SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- | |
10/25/1966 | 27 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 8 miles W of O'Brien, Texas, US | |
11/2/1966 | 4 h | BALLOON RECOVERY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
11/4/1966 | 2 h | EVALUATION OF THREE LAUNCH METHODS | --- No Data --- | |
11/10/1966 | 3 h | RIP TAPE AND CAMERA SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
11/18/1966 | 13 h 30 m | X RAY AND COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS | 12 mi. SW of Chatsworth, Georgia, US | |
11/28/1966 | 2 h 15 m | BALLOON DESTRUCTION TEST | --- No Data --- | |
11/29/1966 | 4 h | TELLURIC ABSORPTION SPECTRUM STUDY | --- No Data --- | |
11/30/1966 | 5 h 15 m | TEST OF VOR BALLOON LOCATION SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
12/8/1966 | 5 h 18 m | EVALUATION OF REEL SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
12/9/1966 | 7 h 45 m | TEST OF VOR BALLOON LOCATION SYSTEM | 10 mi. N of Cross Plains, Texas, US | |
12/13/1966 | 4 h | BALLOON-BORNE RADIO RELAY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
1/5/1967 | 1 h 45 m | TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- | |
1/10/1967 | 2 h 25 m | CALIBRATION OF BURST SWITCH | --- No Data --- | |
2/14/1967 | 1 h 45 m | BALLOON DYNAMICS TEST | --- No Data --- | |
2/17/1967 | 55 m | BALLOON FAILURE ANALYSIS | High jet turbulence. Balloon failure at 40.000 ft | |
3/24/1967 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 20 miles SE of Amarillo, Texas, US | |
3/25/1967 | 6:12 utc | --- | INFRARED SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
4/7/1967 | 14:28 utc | --- | ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS | --- No Data --- |
5/23/1967 | 5:24 UTC | --- | LUNAR MAPPING | --- No Data --- |
5/27/1967 | 08:05 local | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
6/1/1967 | 13:42 utc | 5 h | INFRARED STUDIES | 38 miles NW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
6/6/1967 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 8 miles WNW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/22/1967 | 5:16 utc | --- | LUNAR MAPPING | --- No Data --- |
6/22/1967 | 13:23 utc | --- | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
6/26/1967 | 6:01 MST | 3 h 30 m | PYRHELIOMETERS | --- No Data --- |
7/11/1967 | 13:37 UTC | 5 h | ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS | 8 miles WNW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
9/24/1967 | --- | RECONNAISSANCE CAMERA | In the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, US | |
9/28/1967 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 16 miles SE of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
10/17/1967 | 2:04 utc | --- | LUNAR MAPPING | --- No Data --- |
10/20/1967 | 12:11 utc | --- | SOLAR CONSTANT MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
11/4/1967 | 7:55 UTC | 4 h 30 m | LIGHT SCATTERING STUDY | 17 miles N of Midland, Texas, US |
11/16/1967 | 4:34 utc | 5 h | INFRARED LUNAR MAPPING | 42 miles NNE of Midland, Texas, US |
11/30/1967 | --- | SOLAR RADIATION STUDY | --- No Data --- | |
12/2/1967 | 20:00 utc | --- | SOLAR RADIATION STUDY | --- No Data --- |
12/7/1967 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
1/23/1968 | 9:10 MST | F 3 h 30 m | PYRHELIOMETERS | 25 miles W of Cave City, New Mexico, US |
1/29/1968 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
2/27/1968 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 80 miles NE of Texarkana, Texas, US | |
3/14/1968 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 50 miles NW of Lufkin, Texas, US | |
3/22/1968 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
3/27/1968 | 4 h 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 30 miles NNE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/13/1968 | 6 h 30 m | 24-INCH TELESCOPE + SPECTROMETER | 17 miles N of Cavern City, New Mexico, US | |
4/19/1968 | 23:40 mst | 5 h 30 m | AVCO RADIOMETER | 20 miles WNW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
4/24/1968 | 6:02 mst | 6 h 45 m | ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS | 16 miles SSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
4/26/1968 | 6:30 MST | 5 h 30 m | PYRHELIOMETERS | --- No Data --- |
5/24/1968 | 8 h | ALBEDO & INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
5/28/1968 | 4 h | ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS RESEARCH | 35 miles SE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
5/28/1968 | 5:51 MDT | 4 h 10 m | PHOTOELECTRIC SKYLIGHT POLARIMETER | --- No Data --- |
6/7/1968 | 5 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 20 miles SSE de Albuquerque, New Mexico, US | |
6/21/1968 | 10 m | NEPHELOMETER | During launch the automatic release mechanism was damaged, resulting in free-fall of the payload shortly after launch. | |
6/25/1968 | 3 h 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 35 miles SSE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/29/1968 | 6:15 mdt | 5 h 30 m | AVCO RADIOMETER | North of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
7/1/1968 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
8/7/1968 | 8 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 80 miles SW of Blythe, California, US | |
8/12/1968 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
9/4/1968 | 23 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 45 miles NE of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
10/8/1968 | 4 h | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 5 miles W of La Luz, New Mexico, US | |
10/10/1968 | 7 h 30 m | ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 10 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/22/1968 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 3 miles SE of William, Texas, US | |
12/9/1968 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 32 miles S of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
12/16/1968 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles E of Paducah, Texas, US | |
2/25/1969 | 3 h 30 m | SPECTROMETER | 20 miles NNW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
4/28/1969 | 29 h 30 m | IONIZATION SPECTROMETER | 28 miles E of Industry, Texas, US | |
5/1/1969 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 27 miles N of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
5/20/1969 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles WSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/22/1969 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 42 miles N of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/4/1969 | 20:25 mdt | 11 h 20 m | GAMMA RAY DETECTOR | 40 miles S of Gila Bend, Arizona, US |
6/13/1969 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 17 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/18/1969 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 9 miles E of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/19/1969 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles NNW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/27/1969 | 8 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/1/1969 | 29 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 8 miles NE of Casa Grande, Arizona, US | |
7/18/1969 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles E of Yuma, Arizona, US | |
8/27/1969 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles W of Gila Bend, Arizona, US | |
9/3/1969 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
9/4/1969 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 13 miles ENE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
10/7/1969 | 7 h | GAS CERENKOV DETECTOR PROTOTYPE | 23 miles N of Mineral Wells, Texas, US | |
10/24/1969 | 14 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles NNE of Pioria, Illinois, US | |
11/2/1969 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 37 miles W of Big Springs, Texas, US | |
11/6/1969 | 3 h | CRISP (Cosmic Ray Ionization Spectrograph Experiment) | Balloon failure at 60.000 ft. Payload impact 34 miles NE of Roswell, balloon impact 58 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
11/13/1969 | 11 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 2 miles SE of Waco, Texas, US | |
11/25/1969 | 25 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 60 miles S of Big Springs, Texas, US | |
12/10/1969 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 1 mile SE of Odessa, Texas, US | |
2/4/1970 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles N of Longview, Texas, US | |
2/9/1970 | 5 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 52 miles S of Wichita Falls, Texas, US | |
2/10/1970 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 3 miles ENE of Nacogdoches, Texas, US | |
2/20/1970 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 42 miles ENE of Amarillo, Texas, US | |
3/4/1970 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 45 miles ESE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
5/6/1970 | 5 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/13/1970 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 58 miles NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/17/1970 | 9 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/11/1970 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 24 miles NW of Silver City, New Mexico, US | |
7/13/1970 | 3 h 45 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/30/1970 | 3 h 45 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/26/1970 | --- | CRISP (Cosmic Ray Ionization Spectrograph Experiment) | Balloon failure at 48.000 ft. | |
9/17/1970 | ~ 1 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon failure at 50.000 ft | |
10/13/1970 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
11/11/1970 | 28 h | IONIZATION SPECTROMETER | Payload landed near Orangeburg, South Carolina, US. The balloon continued flight and was last seen 500 miles E of Bermuda | |
11/18/1970 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles SE of Haskell, Texas, US | |
12/6/1970 | 13:26 mst | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
12/8/1970 | 22:10 local | 1 h 20 m | HIGH ALTITUDE RADIATION STUDIES | 30 miles SW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
1/16/1971 | 2:23 mst | --- | CRISP (Cosmic Ray Ionization Spectrograph Experiment) | Balloon failure at 52.000 ft. |
2/22/1971 | 4:02 mst | --- | FILTER RADIOMETER + SPECTRAL RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
2/25/1971 | 3 h 30 m | INFRARED RADIOMETER | 10 miles ENE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
4/4/1971 | 5 h | TELESCOPE + IR RADIOMETER | 30 miles ESE of Hudspeth, New Mexico, US | |
4/5/1971 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 35 miles SE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
4/23/1971 | 1:45 mst | 3 h 30 m | FILTER RADIOMETER + SPECTRAL RADIOMETER | 42 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
5/11/1971 | 1:36 utc | ~ 3 d | LAPE (Large Area Plastic Experiment) | --- No Data --- |
6/8/1971 | 23:53 mdt | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | Near Socorro, New Mexico, US |
6/9/1971 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 43 miles NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/29/1971 | 6 h 30 m | SPECTRAL RADIOMETER | 7 miles NE of Florence, Arizona, US | |
7/14/1971 | 8:00 local | ~ 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | SSW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
8/2/1971 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 48 miles SW of Tucson, Arizona, US | |
8/31/1971 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 7 miles NE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
9/9/1971 | --- | BAPE II (Balloon Atmospheric Propagation Experiment) | --- No Data --- | |
9/13/1971 | --- | BAPE III (Balloon Atmospheric Propagation Experiment) | --- No Data --- | |
9/22/1971 | 5 h 30 m | BAPE IV (Balloon Atmospheric Propagation Experiment) | 50 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
10/20/1971 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 4 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
10/22/1971 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 28 miles ENE of El Paso, Texas, US | |
10/28/1971 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
11/2/1971 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles NNE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/19/1971 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
1/6/1972 | 16 h | INFRARED CELESTIAL BACKGROUND MEASUREMENTS | 45 miles NNE of Los Alamos, New Mexico, US | |
1/18/1972 | 4 h | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
2/14/1972 | 14 h | OBSERVATION OF VENUS AND MARS | --- No Data --- | |
3/3/1972 | 5 h | VIKING INSTRUMENTATION TEST | --- No Data --- | |
3/9/1972 | 14 h | POWERED BALLOON EXPERIMENT | --- No Data --- | |
4/4/1972 | 6 h 55 m | ASHCAN | 3 miles SW of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
4/6/1972 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 20 miles E of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
4/7/1972 | 6 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 33 miles SSE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/19/1972 | 3 h | PARACHUTE TEST | --- No Data --- | |
4/20/1972 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
5/9/1972 | 30 h | D-LAYER WHISPERING GALLERY EXPERIMENT | 25 miles ESE of Texico, Nuevo Mexico, EE.UU | |
5/12/1972 | 2 h | ATMOSPHERIC FREQUENCY PROPAGATION | --- No Data --- | |
5/16/1972 | --- | INFRARED RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- | |
5/23/1972 | 6 h | INFRARED MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
5/25/1972 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 25 miles NE of Piñon, New Mexico, US | |
6/7/1972 | 5 h | STRATOSPHERIC WIND PROFILE | --- No Data --- | |
6/15/1972 | 6 h | STRATOSPHERIC WIND PROFILE | --- No Data --- | |
6/19/1972 | 5 h | STRATOSPHERIC WIND PROFILE | --- No Data --- | |
6/27/1972 | --- | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- | |
6/28/1972 | 4 h | INFRARED ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION STUDY | --- No Data --- | |
6/29/1972 | 5 h | BALLOON PROFILE TEST | --- No Data --- | |
8/26/1972 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon failure at 48.000 ft | |
9/11/1972 | 2 h | POBAL (POwered BALlon) - TEST LAUNCH | --- No Data --- | |
9/16/1972 | 12:54 utc | 5 h 18 m | POBAL (POwered BALlon) | Balloon impacted 3 miles NW of Tularosa and propulsion unit 3 miles NE of the same city, New Mexico, US |
9/18/1972 | 3:04 mst | 6 h | STRATCOM - III (Stratospheric Composition) | Near Hillsboro, New Mexico, US |
10/16/1972 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/24/1972 | 7 h 25 m | ASHCAN | 30 miles SE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
10/27/1972 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/2/1972 | --- | ASHCAN - SCADS SYSTEM TEST | Premature termination of the flight due to RF interference | |
11/3/1972 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 17 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
12/12/1972 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT INSTRUMENT | --- No Data --- | |
1/30/1973 | 5 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 13 miles W of Piñon, New Mexico, US | |
3/16/1973 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT INSTRUMENT | --- No Data --- | |
3/22/1973 | --- | ASHCAN - SCADS SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- | |
4/6/1973 | 4 h | RADIOMETER | 30 miles N of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
4/10/1973 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
4/11/1973 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 50 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/12/1973 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 40 miles SE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
4/17/1973 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 20 miles NNE of Midland, Texas, US | |
4/24/1973 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 25 miles ESE of Piñon, New Mexico, US | |
4/27/1973 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 10 miles NNE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
5/17/1973 | 8 h | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | 38 miles N of El Paso, Texas, US | |
5/24/1973 | 8 h 30 m | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | 45 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
5/29/1973 | 8h | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | 17 miles N of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
6/4/1973 | 5 h 30 m | RADIOMETER | 20 miles E of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/5/1973 | 10 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 25 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/6/1973 | --- | POBAL (POwered BALlon) | --- No Data --- | |
6/22/1973 | 4 h 30 m | CHEMILUMINESCENT INSTRUMENT | 40 miles W of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
7/30/1973 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 5 miles W of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
8/22/1973 | 3 h | ASHCAN | 21 miles ENE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
8/24/1973 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
8/28/1973 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
8/29/1973 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles S of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
10/24/1973 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/31/1973 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/6/1973 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/13/1973 | --- | CHEMILUMINESCENT INSTRUMENT | --- No Data --- | |
1/4/1974 | 12 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 1 mile W of Three Rivers, New Mexico, US | |
4/9/1974 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles E of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
4/12/1974 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 20 miles NE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
4/16/1974 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 7 miles SSE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/22/1974 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 29 miles SW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/13/1974 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 16 miles NE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
5/22/1974 | 8:20 utc | 20 h 30 m | STRATCOM - V (Stratospheric Composition) | 6 miles E of Stallion, New Mexico, US |
6/20/1974 | 7:48 mst | 7 h | POLAR NEPHELOMETER | Near Silver City, New Mexico, US |
6/26/1974 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 11 miles NW of Casa Grande, Arizona, US | |
6/27/1974 | 7:15 mdt | 7 h | LIQUID HELIUM SPECTROMETER + OZONE DETECTOR | South of Phoenix, Arizona, US |
7/1/1974 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 19 miles SE of Casa Grande, Arizona, US | |
7/23/1974 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 11 miles W of Springerville, Arizona, US | |
7/26/1974 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 16 miles W of Newman, Texas, US | |
7/30/1974 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
8/2/1974 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
10/25/1974 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/26/1974 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 1 mile N of Crosbyton, Texas, US | |
11/4/1974 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 35 miles ENE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/5/1974 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles NNW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
12/6/1974 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 20 miles NE of Midland, Texas, US | |
12/12/1974 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 23 miles E of Newman, Texas, US | |
1/21/1975 | --- | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
2/9/1975 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 23 miles N of Big Springs, Texas, US | |
2/19/1975 | 3:42 mst | 9 h 15 m | LIQUID HELIUM SPECTROMETER + RADIOMETER + X-RAY DETECTOR | 10 miles E of Big Springs, Texas, US |
4/9/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
4/12/1975 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles W of Tatum, New Mexico, US | |
4/14/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
4/15/1975 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 46 miles ESE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/15/1975 | 3:05 local | 7 h | CHEMILUMINESCENT INSTRUMENTS INTERCOMPARISON | 9 miles NNW of Deming, New Mexico, US |
6/2/1975 | 26 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 37 miles WSW of Phoenix, Arizona, US | |
6/23/1975 | --- | TEST OF A NEW BALLOON RESTRAINING SYSTEM | Balloon failure | |
7/16/1975 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 25 miles ESE of Casa Grande, Arizona, US | |
7/20/1975 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 3 miles E of Red Rock, New Mexico, US | |
7/23/1975 | 7 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 20 miles NW of Tucson, Arizona, US | |
9/23/1975 | 22:57 mst | 33 h 38 m | STRATCOM - VI-A (Stratospheric Composition) | 30 km SE of Holbrook, Arizona, US |
9/24/1975 | 32 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 34 miles SW of St. Johns, Arizona, EE.UU | |
9/26/1975 | 15:48 MDT | 6 h 30 m | STRATCOM - VI-B (Stratospheric Composition) | Near Deming, New Mexico, US |
10/9/1975 | V | 10 h | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | 17 miles NNE of Plainview, Texas, US |
10/15/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/20/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/29/1975 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 13 mi, SW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
10/31/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/5/1975 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 17 miles SW of Piñon, New Mexico, US | |
11/7/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/11/1975 | --- | ALBS (Air-Launched Balloon System) | --- No Data --- | |
11/14/1975 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
12/2/1975 | 3 h | ASHCAN | 43 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
1/27/1976 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
2/6/1976 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
2/8/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
2/12/1976 | --- | CRYOGENIC WHOLE AIR SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
2/13/1976 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 27 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
2/15/1976 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 24 miles W of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
2/17/1976 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 25 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
2/18/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
2/23/1976 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 10 miles SE of Silver City, New Mexico, US | |
2/26/1976 | 7 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 20 miles ESE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
3/17/1976 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles SSW of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
4/19/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
5/10/1976 | V | 20 h | BELL/SANDIA GAMMA RAY TELESCOPE | Near Rock Springs, Texas, US |
6/17/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
6/19/1976 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 12 miles NE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/21/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
6/23/1976 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 35 miles NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/25/1976 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 1 mile S of Three Rivers, New Mexico, US | |
6/29/1976 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 39 miles WNW of Silver City, New Mexico, US | |
7/7/1976 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 6 miles WNW of Gila Bend, Arizona, US | |
7/28/1976 | 4:00 local | --- | CORONA ANEMOMETER | --- No Data --- |
8/21/1976 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 9,5 mi. SSE of Safford, Arizona, US | |
8/23/1976 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 43 mi, SW of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
8/25/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
8/30/1976 | 3 h | ASHCAN | 48 mi. NNW of San Simon, Arizona, US | |
9/1/1976 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 10 miles WNW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
9/14/1976 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
9/25/1976 | 25 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
9/27/1976 | --- | STRATCOM - VII-A (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- | |
9/30/1976 | --- | EXPERIMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS | --- No Data --- | |
11/1/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failed at launch | |
11/2/1976 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | Aerial recovery of the payload 24 miles NNE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
11/3/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failed at launch | |
11/4/1976 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 3 mi. ESE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
11/6/1976 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/8/1976 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 7 mi. ESE of Tatum, New Mexico, US | |
11/15/1976 | --- | RFI TEST OF SCADS-2 SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
11/18/1976 | 6 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 23 mi. NW of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
11/22/1976 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 7 mi. SSW of Artesia, New Mexico, US | |
12/3/1976 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 6 mi. SSE of Taylor, Texas, US | |
12/4/1976 | --- | BALLOON-BORNE ION SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
1/11/1977 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 58 mi. NNW of Tucumcari, New Mexico, US | |
1/13/1977 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 37 mi. N of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
1/17/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | aborted flight by launch vehicle failure | |
1/19/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
1/24/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 35.000 ft | |
1/28/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
2/5/1977 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
2/9/1977 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
2/16/1977 | --- | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
2/17/1977 | --- | SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
4/18/1977 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 15 miles S of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/21/1977 | --- | UV SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
5/6/1977 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 40 miles NW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/9/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- | |
5/10/1977 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles N of Elk, New Mexico, US | |
5/13/1977 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 41 miles NE of Newman, Texas, US | |
5/16/1977 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 18 miles W of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/17/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- | |
5/19/1977 | 8:38 local | --- | PIONEER VENUS PROBE PARACHUTE TEST | Over the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US |
6/22/1977 | 7:25 mdt | --- | QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTER | --- No Data --- |
8/19/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
8/22/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- | |
8/26/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
8/29/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
9/1/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- | |
9/7/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- Sin Datos --- | |
9/10/1977 | --- | BALLOON-BORNE ION SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
9/28/1977 | 12:51 mst | 6 h 30 m | STRATCOM - VIII-B (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- |
9/29/1977 | 6:07 mst | 30 h 30 m | STRATCOM - VIII-A (Stratospheric Composition) | --- No Data --- |
10/12/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | Failure in the aerial recovery operation. Payload was destroyed | |
10/14/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/18/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
10/20/1977 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
1/27/1978 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles E of Pecos, Texas, US | |
2/15/1978 | 4 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 18 miles NW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
3/24/1978 | 3 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 47 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
4/6/1978 | --- | BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | Failed flight | |
4/12/1978 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
4/13/1978 | 7 h | ASHCAN | 25 miles NW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/15/1978 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 36 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/19/1978 | 9 h | UV SPECTROMETER | 15 miles W of Brownwood, Texas, US | |
4/28/1978 | 11 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 29 miles SW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
5/4/1978 | 7 h | ASHCAN | 65 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/12/1978 | 9 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 43 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
7/18/1978 | 5 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 92 miles W of Silver City, New Mexico, US | |
7/20/1978 | 6 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 63 miles W of Tucson, Arizona, US | |
7/22/1978 | 5 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 50 miles WSW of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
7/25/1978 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 27 miles N of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
7/28/1978 | 8 h | ASHCAN | 26 miles WNW of Phoenix, Arizona, US | |
9/1/1978 | --- | ALBS (Air-Launched Balloon System) | Underinflated balloon. Payload damaged and mission failure | |
9/28/1978 | --- | BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | --- No Data --- | |
10/5/1978 | 10 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 41 mi. SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/17/1978 | 8 h | ASHCAN | 20 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/27/1978 | 3 h 30 m | MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER | 33 miles W of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/7/1978 | 7 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 41 miles WNW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/17/1978 | 4 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 44 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
11/18/1978 | 5 h | ASHCAN | 35 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
11/28/1978 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
2/8/1979 | 4 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles SE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
2/9/1979 | 11 h 30 m | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 27 miles S of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
2/15/1979 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 48 miles N of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
2/23/1979 | 9 h | SAMPLER CASSETTE | 22 miles NE of Wichita Falls, Texas, US | |
3/23/1979 | 8:25 local | + 6 h | COMMAND RANGE AND CUTDOWN SYSTEM TEST | 62 miles SSE of Lubbock, Texas, US |
4/6/1979 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 19 miles W of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
4/17/1979 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 49 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/21/1979 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 21 miles N of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
4/24/1979 | 11 h 30 m | SAMPLER CASSETTE | 22 miles NE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
5/4/1979 | 15 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles E of Hope, New Mexico, US | |
5/4/1979 | 11 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 9 miles NE of Hatch, New Mexico, US | |
5/29/1979 | F 11 h | BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | --- No Data --- | |
6/21/1979 | 10 h | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | 28 miles NNW of Silver City, New Mexico, US | |
6/25/1979 | 4 h | GRAB SAMPLER | 12 miles SW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
6/27/1979 | --- | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- | |
6/28/1979 | 3 h | HASP (High Altitude Smoke Program) | 33 miles SE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
7/5/1979 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 32 miles SSE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
7/15/1979 | --- | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | --- No Data --- | |
7/17/1979 | 4 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 18 miles N of Deming, New Mexico, US | |
7/24/1979 | 9 h | ASHCAN | 28 miles W of Phoenix, Arizona, US | |
7/26/1979 | 9 h | ASHCAN | 25 miles N of Buckeye, Arizona, US | |
7/28/1979 | 8 h 15 m | SAMPLER CASSETTE + ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS | 12 miles W of Gila Bend, Arizona, US | |
8/21/1979 | 3 h 30 m | IR SOLAR SPECTRUM MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure. Desired altitude not reached. Impact 40 mi. SSE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
9/13/1979 | 5 h | SUN PHOTOMETER | 31 miles S of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
9/27/1979 | 12 h 30 m | SAMPLER CASSETTE + ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS | 35 miles NW of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
10/3/1979 | 9 h 50 m | SAMPLING INTERCOMPARISON FLIGHT | 40 miles SSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/8/1979 | --- | BAMM (Balloon Altitude Mosaic Measurements) | --- No Data --- | |
10/10/1979 | --- | INTERFEROMETER | --- No Data --- | |
10/16/1979 | 7 h | ASHCAN | 15 mi. SSE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/19/1979 | 5 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 8 miles NW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/6/1979 | --- | AERIAL RECOVERY TEST - MX8 PARACHUTE SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
11/10/1979 | --- | AERIAL RECOVERY TEST - MX5 PARACHUTE SYSTEM | --- No Data --- | |
11/15/1979 | 8 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles WNW of Jal, Texas, US | |
1/16/1980 | 36 m | PAYOLAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
1/24/1980 | 8 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 5 miles SSW of Cavern City, New Mexico, US | |
2/2/1980 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 27 miles E of Midland, Texas, US | |
2/2/1980 | 14:01 utc | 3 h | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | 17 miles SSE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
2/5/1980 | 13:44 utc | 4 h 20 m | FAST DESCENT BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | 12 miles NE of Cavern City, New Mexico, US |
2/10/1980 | 4 h | SOLAR MEASUREMENTS | 32 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
4/4/1980 | 9 h | ASHCAN | 7 miles NE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
4/6/1980 | 4 h 25 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
4/10/1980 | 10 h | ASHCAN | 35 miles SSE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
4/14/1980 | 5 h 50 m | ASHCAN | 27 miles W of Salt Flats, Texas, US | |
4/27/1980 | 9 h 10 m | UV SPECTROMETER | 66 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/28/1980 | 7 h 10 m | TRIWAS sampler | --- No Data --- | |
5/1/1980 | 7 h 10 m | CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
5/1/1980 | 5 h 45 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
5/5/1980 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
5/27/1980 | 13:00 utc | 6 h 45 m | EPSILON AEROSOL SPECTROMETER | 19 miles N of Socorro, Nuevo Mexico, US |
6/13/1980 | 11 h 25 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 30 miles N of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/23/1980 | 5 h 50 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
7/23/1980 | 6 h | ASHCAN | 12 miles NE of San Simon, Arizona, US | |
7/25/1980 | 4 h | ASHCAN | 30 miles S of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
7/29/1980 | 7 h 40 m | ASHCAN | 24 miles W of Tucson, Arizona, US | |
8/10/1980 | 12 h 10 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
8/15/1980 | 12 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 21 miles E of Needles, California, US | |
10/8/1980 | 5 h 45 m | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | 7 miles N of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US | |
10/9/1980 | 7 h 15 m | ASHCAN | 21 miles E of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
10/16/1980 | 2 h 20 m | ASHCAN | Balloon Failure - Low Float altitude | |
11/3/1980 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | Balloon burst | |
11/11/1980 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
11/12/1980 | 20 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- | |
11/19/1980 | 4 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 37 miles ENE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
11/28/1980 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 15 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
3/9/1981 | 8 h 55 m | POSITIVE ION MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
3/19/1981 | 4 h 10 m | SOLAR IR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- | |
3/23/1981 | 5 h | FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER | 25 miles SE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
4/1/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
4/5/1981 | 5 h 40 m | ASHCAN | 24 miles WNW of Midland, Texas, US | |
4/9/1981 | 5 h 50 m | SOLAR IRRADIANCE MEASUREMENTS | 20 miles E of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/22/1981 | 8 h | UV SPECTROMETER | In Benson, Arizona, US | |
5/31/1981 | --- | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
6/4/1981 | 8 h | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
6/25/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
7/7/1981 | 3 h 30 m | ASHCAN | 17 miles E of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
7/13/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failure during inflation | |
7/14/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon failure at launch | |
7/14/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
9/29/1981 | 5 h 15 m | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 16 miles NE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
10/7/1981 | 14:26 utc | 6 h 15 m | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | 39 miles NE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US |
10/7/1981 | --- | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | Balloon failure at launch | |
10/8/1981 | 54 h 30 m | CHLORINE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENTS | 21 miles NE of Farmington, Missouri, US | |
10/20/1981 | 4 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 13.5 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
10/27/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
11/2/1981 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
2/7/1982 | 6 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 225 miles ESE of Guthrie, Texas, US | |
3/11/1982 | 4 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 55 miles NE of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
3/24/1982 | 5 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 17 miles E of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
4/5/1982 | 6 h 30 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 48 miles ESE of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/6/1982 | --- | DFS (Direct Flow Sampler) + CRYOGENIC SAMPLER (AFGL) | --- No Data --- | |
5/12/1982 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
5/21/1982 | 7 h 30 m | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 19 miles ESE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
6/16/1982 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- | |
8/5/1982 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
8/17/1982 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
10/4/1982 | 13 h 15 m | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 18 miles S of Big Spring, Texas, US | |
10/29/1982 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
11/5/1982 | --- | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
1/23/1983 | 13 h 30 m | ASHCAN - CASSETTE SAMPLER | --- No Data --- | |
2/18/1983 | 5 h | DIGITAL COMMAND AND TELEMETRY TEST | 43 miles NE of New Bern, North Carolina, US | |
4/20/1983 | 5 h 45 m | UV SPECTROMETER | 34 miles NNE of Texico, Texas, US | |
5/16/1983 | 11 h | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 27 miles NNW of Hobbs, New Mexico, US | |
5/20/1983 | 7 h | SHARP (Stabilized High Altitude Research Platform) | 27 miles NNW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
6/21/1983 | --- | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | Balloon burst | |
6/24/1983 | 13 h | BIMS (Balloon Borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 13 miles SSE of Phoenix, Arizona, US | |
9/17/1983 | --- | DUCKY I | Balloon failure. Aborted flight | |
9/19/1983 | --- | DUCKY I | Ground abort. No flight | |
10/5/1983 | 7 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 55 miles NE of Lubbock, Texas, US | |
10/11/1983 | 8:11 MDT | 7 h 20 m | DUCKY Ia | Lovington, New Mexico, US |
10/23/1983 | 12:10 utc | F 30 m | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | 24.6 miles SE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
11/7/1983 | 8 h 30 m | SHAD (Stellar Horizon Atmospheric Dispersion) | --- No Data --- | |
2/16/1984 | 6 h 15 m | SHARP (Stabilized High Altitude Research Platform) | 37 miles N of New Bern, North Carolina, US | |
2/28/1984 | 9 h | ASHCAN (Cosmos 1402 debris sampling) | 10 miles SW of Gila Bend, Arizona, US | |
3/13/1984 | --- | ASHCAN (Cosmos 1402 debris sampling) | --- No Data --- | |
4/5/1984 | --- | ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLER | Near Lubbock, Texas, US | |
7/29/1984 | --- | GAMMA RAY INSTRUMENT | Balloon failure | |
8/4/1984 | 6 h | GAMMA RAY INSTRUMENT | 30 miles SE of Phoenix, Arizona, US | |
3/6/1985 | 4 h 30 m | TRAINING FLIGHT | 40 miles NNW of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
4/30/1985 | 6 h 30 m | INFRARED SENSING PLATFORM - DENVER 1 | 42 miles W of Midland, Texas, US | |
5/15/1985 | 8 h 30 m | INFRARED SENSING PLATFORM - DENVER 2 | 15 miles S of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US | |
5/24/1985 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon failure | |
5/28/1985 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | Balloon failure | |
6/6/1985 | --- | BIMS (Balloon-borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | Failure of the balloon in flight | |
6/13/1985 | F 7 h | BIMS (Balloon-borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | --- No Data --- | |
6/14/1985 | 11 h 15 m | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 18 miles WSW of Athens, Texas, US | |
10/5/1985 | F 8 h | BIMS (Balloon-borne Ion Mass Spectrometer) | 13 miles SE of San Angelo, Texas, US | |
10/24/1985 | 8:24 MDT | 10 h | DUCKY II | 17 miles ESE of Roswell VOR station, New Mexico, US |
12/3/1985 | --- | ASTROFILM E BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | Balloon burst at 50.600 ft. Recovered at Timberon, New Mexico, US | |
3/12/1986 | --- | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- | |
3/22/1986 | 4 h 20 m | ASTROFILM E BALLOON FLIGHT TEST + ASHCAN | --- No Data --- | |
4/12/1986 | --- | PATHFINDER | Balloon tracking failed | |
6/12/1986 | --- | PATHFINDER | --- No Data --- | |
6/17/1986 | 4 h | ASTROFILM E BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | 18 miles S of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, US | |
12/12/1986 | --- | ASTROFILM E BALLOON FLIGHT TEST | North of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US | |
1/14/1987 | 2:55 local | 5 h 45 m | ASTROFILM LOW LIGHT LEVEL | 30 miles NE of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
5/16/1987 | 3:36 local | 5 h 30 m | ALFAN II (Airborne Measurement of Low Frequency Atmospheric Noise) | Near Deming, New Mexico, US |
11/2/1988 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
11/3/1988 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
11/29/1988 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
11/30/1988 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
5/9/1989 | --- | ASHCAN + GAS (Get Away Special) | Balloon burst after release. Ground abort | |
5/10/1989 | --- | ASHCAN + GAS (Get Away Special) | 5 miles N of Orogrande, New Mexico, US | |
5/23/1989 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric CRyogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | S of Roswell, New Mexico, US | |
9/22/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
9/23/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
9/24/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
9/26/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
9/29/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
9/30/1989 | 18:42 mdt | 18 h | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- |
9/30/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
9/30/1989 | --- | PATHFINDER PROGRAM | --- No Data --- | |
5/23/1991 | --- | SCRIBE (Stratospheric Cryogenic Interferometer Balloon Experiment) | --- No Data --- | |
10/??/1993 | --- | OBJS (Off-board Balloon Jammer System) | --- No Data --- | |
9/28/1994 | 6:00 MDT | 6 h | SUPER PRESSURE BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
5/21/1996 | 7:41 mdt | 2 h | SP5 (Super Pressure 5) | Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico, US |
3/6/1997 | 8:30 local time | --- | ALPHA | --- No Data --- |
5/??/1998 | 07:00 MST | 5 h | BALLOON TEST FLIGHT | 30 miles N of Roswell |
2/24/1999 | 07:14 MST | --- | TECHNOLOGICAL FLIGHT | near Loving, New Mexico, US |
8/20/2000 | --- | INVESTIGATION OF UPPER ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE | White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US | |
10/??/2001 | --- | HARBOR MIST (High Altitude RIT Balloon Operations Research Multispectral Imaging System Test) | --- No Data --- | |
6/4/2008 | --- | HISENTINEL (Stratospheric Airship) | --- No Data --- | |
11/15/2008 | --- | BALLOONWINDS | Ground abort | |
11/2/2013 | 8:55 local | ~ 4 h | SPIRAL 1 | WSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
10/28/2014 | ~ 8 h | MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL GONDOLA | --- No Data --- |
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