Stratospheric balloons launched in 1962

In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1962, which are currently available in StratoCat's database. Each row displays essential information such as the launch base, date and time of launch, and, if known, the mission duration and landing site of the payload. Clicking on the experiment name will offer details about the scientific institutions involved, a summary of the experiment's purpose and results, and other relevant information on the balloon flight, including references and images. Clicking on the arrows at the top and the bottom of the table you can move to other year's tables.

Launch base	Date	Flight Duration	Experiment	Payload landing place or cause of the failure
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/3	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	1/6	3 h 50 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/7	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Macquarie	1/10	F 14 h 35 m	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	1/11	4 h 24 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/13	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/15	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/17	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	1/18	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	1/19	3 h 15 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Mildura	1/22	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	1/24	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	1/25	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/26	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/26	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	1/26	3 h 51 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/27	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	1/28	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	1/29	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	1/30	4 h 30 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	1/31	3 h 30 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/1	13 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Mildura	2/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/2	14 h	ION CHAMBER + GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/2	19 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/2	3 h 43 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/3	15 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/3	5 h 25 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/4	24 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/4	5 h 44 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	2/5	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/5	18 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/5	7 h 49 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	2/6	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	2/6	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	2/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/6	20 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Mildura	2/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/6	14 h 5 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/7	22 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/7	9 h 18 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	2/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/8	24 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Mildura	2/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/8	10 h 40 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/8	5 h 22 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/9	2 h 30 m	ION CHAMBER + GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/9	6 h 27 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/9	12 h 54 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/10	22 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/10	48 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/10	2 h 48 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/11	2 h 30 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/11	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/11	6 h 45 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/11	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	2/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/12	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/12	9 h 17 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/13	8 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/13	10 h 37 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/14	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/14	23 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/14	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	2/15	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	2/15	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/15	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/15	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/15	8 h 36 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Mildura	2/16	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/16	20 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/16	7 h 16 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/17	9 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/17	9 h 9 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/17	7 h 17 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Mildura	2/21	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/22	9 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	2/22	14 h 43 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Kerguelen	2/24	4 h	ION CHAMBER + GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	2/25	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Near Topeka, Kansas, USA
Kerguelen	2/25	---	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	2/27	15 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Payload no recoverable
Chico (CA)	3/??	---	PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT	Failure during launch
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	3/1	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	3/2	15 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Payload no recoverable
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	3/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	3/3	15 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Payload no recoverable
Mildura	3/3	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	3/3	3 h 14 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	3/4	15 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Payload no recoverable
Chico (CA)	3/4	2 h	PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT	Balloon failure at 42.000 ft. Payload recovered in Sierra Nevada, California, US
College (AK)	3/4	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	3/5	15 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Payload no recoverable
Macquarie	3/5	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
College (AK)	3/5	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	3/6	15 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	Payload no recoverable
Mildura	3/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Hope (AR)	3/6	15 h	STRATOSCOPE II - TEST FLIGHT # 3	Near Abbeville, Georgia, US
Mildura	3/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	3/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Chico (CA)	3/12	25 h 30 m	PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT	60 miles W of San Francisco, California, US
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	3/13	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	3/14	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	3/16	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	3/16	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	3/16	---	LARGE VOLUME IMPACTOR-FILTER SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Chico (CA)	3/18	---	PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT	Balloon failure at launch. Mission aborted
Holloman AFB (NM)	3/21	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	3/21	2 h	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	Premature termination at 50.000 ft
Osmania Univ., Hyderabad	3/23	~ 10 h	NUCLEAR EMULSIONS	--- No Data ---
Chico (CA)	3/23	2 h	PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT	Balloon failure at 65.000 ft. Payload recovered 14 miles NE of Riverton, California, US
Anoka (MN)	3/24	F 5 h 4 m	ION CHAMBER + TWO SINGLE GEIGER COUNTERS + NUCLEAR EMULSIONS + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Brownwood (TX)	3/26	F 14 h 30 m	NUCLEAR EMULSIONS	Near Hattiesburg, Missouri, US
Osmania Univ., Hyderabad	3/27	5 h 30 m	NUCLEAR EMULSIONS	--- No Data ---
Mildura	4/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	4/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	4/5	~ 6 h	INTERFEROMETER SPECTROMETERS	--- No Data ---
Mildura	4/5	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	4/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	4/9	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	4/9	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	4/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	4/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	4/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	4/13	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	4/16	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	4/17	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Southport (MN)	4/17	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	4/18	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	4/18	F 15 h 50 m	ION CHAMBER + TWO SINGLE GEIGER COUNTERS + NUCLEAR EMULSIONS + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	4/19	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	4/19	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	4/20	F 19 h 23 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
NAS El Centro (CA)	4/21	?	LOW LEVEL MANNED TRAINING FLIGHT (JUMP BALLOON)	NAS El Centro, California, US
NAS El Centro (CA)	4/21	?	LOW LEVEL MANNED TRAINING FLIGHT (JUMP BALLOON)	NAS El Centro, California, US
NAS El Centro (CA)	4/21	?	LOW LEVEL MANNED TRAINING FLIGHT (JUMP BALLOON)	NAS El Centro, California, US
Anoka (MN)	4/22	F 22 h 41 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Brawley (CA)	4/22	6 h 55 m	SKY-CAR (Benson - Levitt - Lucchina)	Between El Centro (CA) and Yuma (AZ), US
Anoka (MN)	4/23	F 18 h 45 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
NAS El Centro (CA)	4/23	2 h 40 m	SKY-CAR II (Levitt - Lucchina)	Near Ocotillo, California, US
Holloman AFB (NM)	4/25	7 h 30 m	DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER	10 miles SSE of Balmorhea, Texas, US
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	4/25	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Chico (CA)	4/26	10 d	SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	Over southern Utah, US
NAS El Centro (CA)	4/30	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Brawley (CA)	4/30	6 h 30 m	KATHLEEN (Benson - Leavitt - Stehling)	40 miles S of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	5/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	5/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	5/3	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	5/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	5/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	5/10	1 h	NUCLEAR EMULSIONS	Failed mission. The balloon ascended only to 75.000 feet and started to descend at once.
Mildura	5/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	5/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	5/14	8 h	NUCLEAR EMULSIONS	28 miles W of Roswell, New Mexico, US
Mildura	5/15	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	5/17	---	SUN PHOTOMETERS	10 miles SW of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, US
Holloman AFB (NM)	5/17	---	SUN PHOTOMETERS	10 miles SW of Santa Rosa, New Mexico, US
Holloman AFB (NM)	5/19	7 h 30 m	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	51 miles NE of Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	5/23	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	5/23	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	5/24	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	5/24	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Kindley AFB	5/31	19 d	SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	200 miles SE of Iwo Jima island, Pacific Ocean
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	6/1	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	6/2	15 h	RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	6/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	6/7	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	6/10	~ 10 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Kindley AFB	6/10	30 d	SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST	1200 miles NW from Honolulu, Hawaii
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	6/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	6/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Southport (MN)	6/11	50 h 33 m	MAGNETOMETER	65 miles NE of Missolula, Montana, US
Holloman AFB (NM)	6/12	5 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	5 miles E of San Antonio, Texas, US
Mildura	6/13	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	6/13	6 h 40 m	SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION	80 miles S of launch site
New Brighton (MN)	6/14	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	6/15	---	ASHCAN	Balloon burst
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	6/18	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	6/23	F 9 h 53 m	ION CHAMBER + TWO SINGLE GEIGER COUNTERS + NUCLEAR EMULSIONS + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Bemidji (MN)	6/24	1 h	COSMIC RADIATION DETECTORS TEST	Leech Lake, Minnesota, US
Mildura	6/27	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	6/28	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	7/1	11 h 32 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	7/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Hope (AR)	7/2	25 m	STRATOSCOPE II - TEST FLIGHT # 4	Balloon failure at 18kft. Payload and balloon recovered near Hope, Arkansas, US
Mildura	7/3	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	7/4	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	7/5	5 h 30 m	INFRARED RADIOMETER	5 miles E of Nenana, Alaska, US
Yucca Valley (CA)	7/5	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	7/6	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	7/6	7 h 10 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	7/7	7 h	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	7/9	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	7/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	7/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Valcartier (QC)	7/10	---	SPECTROMETER	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	7/10	1 h	COSMIC DUST PROBE	--- No Data ---
Mildura	7/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	7/11	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	7/11	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
CFB Goose Bay (NL)	7/12	4 h	WIND TRACER	Impact at 53º 30' N - 65º 40º W, Canada
Aire Sur L'Adour	7/12	---	JUMBO COSMIC DUST PROBE	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	7/13	---	BALLOON RECOVERY TEST	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	7/14	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	28 miles NW of Tanana, Alaska, US
CFB Goose Bay (NL)	7/14	31 h 42 m	ANIMAL CAPSULE	Impact at 53º 59' N - 105º 36º W, Canada
Fort Churchill (MB)	7/15	13 h 45 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Fort Wainwright (AK)	7/16	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	28 miles NW of Tanana, Alaska, US
Bemidji (MN)	7/17	1 h	COSMIC RADIATION DETECTORS TEST	10 miles E of Bemidji, Minnesota, US
Bemidji (MN)	7/18	13 h	COSMIC RADIATION DETECTORS TEST	50 miles NW of Miles City, Montana, US
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	7/19	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	7/23	4 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	25 miles NW of Lordsburg, New Mexico, US
Rome	7/26	7 h 30 m	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Mildura	7/27	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Milan-Linate	7/29	---	NEUTRON DETECTOR	In northern Italy
Thule	7/29	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
CFB Goose Bay (NL)	8/1	48 h 38 m	ANIMAL CAPSULE	Impact at 54º 10' N - 105º 14º W, Canada
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	8/1	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	8/1	3 h	MICROBIOLOGICAL COLLECTION	Fountain City, Winsconsin, US
Rome	8/1	6 h	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	8/2	2 h	INTERFEROMETER SPECTROMETERS	Balloon burst at 54.000 ft. Payload landed 5 miles E of Whitetail, New Mexico, US
New Brighton (MN)	8/2	3 h 30 m	AIR SAMPLING	--- No Data ---
Thule	8/2	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	8/3	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	8/4	F 13 h 52 m	EMULSION STACK	--- No Data ---
Thule	8/4	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	8/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Thule	8/6	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	8/7	---	MAGNETIC CLOUD CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	8/8	4 h	ALBEDO MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Thule	8/8	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
CFB Goose Bay (NL)	8/9	~ 43 h	ANIMAL CAPSULE	Last known position of the balloon south of Hudson Bay, Ontario, Canada. Payload never recovered
Fort Churchill (MB)	8/10	F 8 h	PROTONS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Mildura	8/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Thule	8/10	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Mildura	8/14	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	8/15	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
CFB Goose Bay (NL)	8/16	---	ANIMAL CAPSULE	--- No Data ---
Mildura	8/16	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	8/17	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
S.St.Paul (MN)	8/17	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	8/17	5 h	AIR SAMPLING	--- No Data ---
S.St.Paul (MN)	8/21	---	MAGNETIC CLOUD CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
S.St.Paul (MN)	8/22	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Calvinia	8/22	12 h 24 m	COSMIC RAY STUDIES	E of Williston, Northern Cape, Southafrica
Fort Churchill (MB)	8/23	9 h 15 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	8/24	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	8/25	18 h 20 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	8/28	4 h 37 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	8/28	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Mildura	8/31	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Calvinia	9/2	12 h	COSMIC RAY STUDIES	Near Piketberg, Western Cape, Southafrica
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	9/5	1 h 30 m	SCATTERLOON PROJECT	4 miles S of Ellsworth, Winsconsin, US
Calvinia	9/10	---	COSMIC RAY STUDIES	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/11	12 h 30 m	COSMIC RAY STUDIES	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Artesia (NM)	9/12	---	SKYTOP PROJECT	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/14	12 h	MAGNETIC CLOUD CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Rome	9/14	6 h	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Kiruna Geophysical Obs.	9/15	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Andennes	9/15	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Milan-Linate	9/16	---	NEUTRON DETECTOR	In northern Italy
New Brighton (MN)	9/17	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/18	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	9/18	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/19	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/19	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/19	21 h 43 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/19	18 h 9 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/19	19 h 41 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Mildura	9/20	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Valcartier (QC)	9/20	---	INTERFEROMETER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/20	25 h 26 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/21	10 h 55 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	9/21	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/22	20 h 38 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/24	11 h 3 m	EIGHT CHANNELS SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/25	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Mildura	9/25	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	9/25	---	LARGE VOLUME IMPACTOR-FILTER SAMPLER	--- No Data ---
Ciudad Universitaria	9/25	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/26	14 h 15 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/26	9 h 58 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	9/28	F 7 h 10 m	DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/28	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Mildura	9/28	---	ASHCAN	Near Yunta, South Australia
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/29	8 h 40 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/29	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/29	7 h 31 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/29	8 h 42 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/30	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/30	6 h	EIGHT CHANNELS SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	9/30	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	9/30	8 h 40 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	9/30	21 h 4 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER OF 8 CHANELS	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	10/??	---	ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATOR	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	10/1	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Rome	10/1	9 h	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	10/1	17 h 57 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Flin Flon (MB)	10/2	---	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	10/2	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	10/2	10 h 5 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	10/3	9 h 26 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/4	F 15 h 20 m	DIRECTIONAL HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAY COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	10/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Ciudad Universitaria	10/9	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	10/10	2 h 47 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	10/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	10/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	10/11	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Fort Churchill (MB)	10/12	12 h 16 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	10/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/13	4 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	8 miles NE of Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Mildura	10/15	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
New Brighton (MN)	10/17	5 h	WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS	185 miles E of Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
New Brighton (MN)	10/19	~6 h	MICROBIOLOGICAL COLLECTION	Lily, Winsconsin, US
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/20	36 h	SKYTOP PROJECT	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	10/20	5 h 25 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/21	27 h	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	In Bluefield, West Virginia, US
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	10/22	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	10/22	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	10/23	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/23	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Yucca Valley (CA)	10/25	---	IONIZATION CHAMBER	--- No Data ---
Rome	10/25	7 h	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Mildura	10/26	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Rome	10/26	5 h 30 m	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	10/29	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/29	---	INFRARED RADIOMETER	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	10/29	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	10/30	36 h	PROJECT STARGAZER - TEST FLIGHT	90 miles WNW of Laredo, Texas, US
Fort Churchill (MB)	10/30	6 h 20 m	SCINTILLATION COUNTER	--- No Data ---
Mitchell (SD)	10/31	6 h 30 m	AIR SAMPLING	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	10/31	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	11/1	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Volsk	11/1	3 h	VOLGA (Andreyev - Dolgov)	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	11/3	2 h 4 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Brownwood (TX)	11/3	12 h	SOLAR ACTIVITY	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	11/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	11/5	8 h 30 m	PROTONS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	11/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	11/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	11/8	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	11/8	4 h	FAST NEUTRON DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	11/9	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	11/10	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	11/10	6 h 30 m	COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	11/10	5 h 39 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Mildura	11/13	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Rome	11/17	4 h	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Ciudad Universitaria	11/21	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	11/22	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	11/22	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Rome	11/23	2 h	COSMIC RAYS DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Boulder (CO)	11/27	8 h	ZODIACAL LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS	--- No Data ---
Boulder (CO)	11/28	8 h	ZODIACAL LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	11/30	9 h 4 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	12/3	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	12/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	12/4	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	12/5	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	12/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	12/6	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	12/7	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Page (AZ)	12/8	22 h	COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENTS + TRANSPONDER & TELEMETRY TEST	Payload lost
Anoka (MN)	12/8	10 h 45 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---
S.St.Paul (MN)	12/12	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Mildura	12/12	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Palestine (TX)	12/12	14 h	STRATOSCOPE II - TEST FLIGHT # 5	Separation system failure. Shoot down by Navy fighters off Florida coast, US
Goodfellow AFB (TX)	12/13	---	ASHCAN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	12/13	18 h 30 m	PROJECT STARGAZER I (Kittinger - White)	Near Lordsburg, New Mexico, US, USA
Mildura	12/13	---	ASHCAN	Near Kingston, South Australia
S.St.Paul (MN)	12/14	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Holloman AFB (NM)	12/16	8 h	VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED	--- No Data ---
Sioux Falls (SD)	12/17	---	COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS	Aborted flight at launch. Leak detected
S.St.Paul (MN)	12/21	---	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Chamical	12/21	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Aire Sur L'Adour	12/21	4 h 47 m	PAYLOAD UNKNOWN	--- No Data ---
Chamical	12/22	---	X-RAY DETECTOR	--- No Data ---
Anoka (MN)	12/29	2 h 24 m	ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE	--- No Data ---

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