Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 4/20/1963
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (AFCRL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 4/20/1963
Landing site: Aborted flight. Balloon separated from gondola prematurely before launch. Landed near Roswell, New Mexico, US
External references
- Come Up and Get Me: An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger book by Craig Ryan
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