Purpose of the flight and payload description
Anthropomorphic Dummy Launch from stratospheric balloons to test escape systems and parachutes for High Altitude Manned Flights
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 5/29/1957
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US lugar exacto: Hatch - Nuevo Mexico
Balloon launched by: Balloon Branch, Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/29/1957
Landing site: 25 miles NW os Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
External references
- Test records of USAF aeromedical project Nº 7218, task 71719 (HIGH DIVE) and project Nº 7222, task 71748 (EXCELSIOR) The Roswell Report: Case Closed by James McAndrews, Headquarters United States Air Force, 1997 pag. 156 - 158
Images of the mission
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