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Stratospheric balloons launched on 1966

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Launch siteDateScientific ExperimentPayload landing site
HIBAL, Mildura (AU)2/??-- No Data ----- No data ---   
Holloman AFB (NM)4/18Balloon test flight--- No data ---   
Holloman AFB (NM)5/??Test flight of a scale balloon of the original (26.000.000 ft3 of volume) to be used for the PEPP program (Planteray Entry Parachute Program)--- No data ---   
Aire Sur L'Adour (FR)5/2SOLAR OBSERVATION--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/10ELECTRON-POSITRON RATIO--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/10PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION SPECTRA AND FLUX--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/15ELECTRON-POSITRON RATIO--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/15PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION SPECTRA AND FLUX--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/15MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF HEAVY NUCLEAR PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/20PRIMARY COSMIC RADIATION SPECTRA AND FLUX--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/27MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF HEAVY NUCLEAR PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/27ELECTRON-POSITRON RATIO--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/27VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DUST AND OZONE--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)6/30VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DUST AND OZONE--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/??Flight of a counter telescope designed to measure the composition of low-energy cosmic rays.--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/3MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF HEAVY NUCLEAR PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fleming Field (MN)7/6Technological flight to compare temperature characteristics of three kinds of balloon materials: Stratofilm 340 - Stratofilm "K" y Stratofilm "W"--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/7GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/11MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF HEAVY NUCLEAR PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/13GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/13GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/14MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF CHARGED PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/15MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF HEAVY NUCLEAR PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/16GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/16GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/16MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF FAST NEUTRONS--- No data ---   
Holloman AFB (NM)7/18PEPP (Planetary Entry Parachute Program)--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/24GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/25ELECTRON SHOWERS--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/26MEASUREMENTS OF FLUX AND DIRECTION OF COSMIC RAY ELECTRONS, PROTONS AND ALPHA PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/26MEASUREMENTS OF SPECTRUM AND FLUX OF HEAVY NUCLEAR PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/30MEASUREMENTS OF FLUX AND SPECTRUM OF CHARGED PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/30MEASUREMENTS OF FLUX AND DIRECTION OF COSMIC RAY ELECTRONS, PROTONS AND ALPHA PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)7/31GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)8/??Flight of a counter telescope designed to measure the composition of low-energy cosmic rays.--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)8/2GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)8/6MEASUREMENTS OF FLUX AND DIRECTION OF COSMIC RAY ELECTRONS, PROTONS AND ALPHA PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)8/6GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS STUDY--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)8/7MEASUREMENTS OF FLUX AND SPECTRUM OF CHARGED PARTICLES--- No data ---   
Fort Churchill (CA)8/7COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS--- No data ---   
RIAC, Roswell (NM)8/28PATHFINDER--- No data ---  
RIAC, Roswell (NM)8/29PATHFINDER--- No data ---  
RIAC, Roswell (NM)8/29PATHFINDER--- No data ---  
RIAC, Roswell (NM)8/30PEPP (Planetary Entry Parachute Program)In the White Sands Missile Range, in the center of the so called "50 mile area", New Mexico, USA  
Bemidji (MN)9/14COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS--- No data ---   
Bemidji (MN)9/14COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)9/19ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Bemidji (MN)9/19COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)9/21ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)9/22ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)9/23ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Bemidji (MN)9/23COSMIC RAYS MEASUREMENTS--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)9/26ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)10/13ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)10/16ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)10/20ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)11/3ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)11/14ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)11/15ASHCAN--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)11/28OBSERVATION OF RADIACTIVE DEBRIS IN CRAB NEBULA--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)11/29Dummy load flight test--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)11/30EXPOSURE OF NUCLEAR EMULSION PACKAGE--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)11/30EXPOSURE OF NUCLEAR EMULSION PACKAGE--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)12/7ASHCAN--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)12/9ASHCAN--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)12/9Dummy load flight test--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)12/11SOLAR GAMMA RAYS--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)12/12ASHCAN TEST FLIGHT--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)12/13HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS--- No data ---   
Goodfellow AFB (TX)12/14ASHCAN--- No data ---   
AFCRL, Chico (CA)12/14Balloon test, operational checkout of Tufts launch platform--- No data ---   
NSBF, Palestine (TX)12/29Measurement of interaction of ultra-high energy particles--- No data ---   
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