BIRBA (Biological Radiation on Balloon)

An experience of various experiments of biology to measure the impact of cosmic radiation.

Balloon launched on: 6/23/2002 at 09:20 local
Launch site: Base di Lancio Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicily, Italy  
Balloon launched by: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 800.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/24/2002 at 09:20 local
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 24 h
Landing site: In Spain

• Effects of space radiations on "Xenopus laevis" embryos during stratospheric balloon flight 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 2 - 5 June 2003
• Effects of stratospheric radiations on human glioblastoma cells The Italian Journal of Biochemistry, 54 (3-4) : 276/296. (2005)
• Hardware, integration & support for the ASI BIRBA balloon campaigns since year 2000 Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.962 (2008)
• Neutron spectrometry at high mountain observatories Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Volume 67, Issue 8-9, p. 755-762
• Stratospheric balloon BIRBA 2 mission: effects of cosmic radiations on gene expression of human cells 16th ESA Symposium on European Rocket and Balloon Programmes and Related Research, 2 - 5 June 2003
• Transmediterranean flights, in the edge of two centuries Advances in Space Research Volume 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1594-1599