Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 12/15/2025 at 16:30 UTC
Launch site: Williams Field, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Balloon launched by: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
Flight identification number: 759N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 1/9/2026 at 19:30 UTC
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 25 d 2 h 53 m
Landing site: 60 km al SE de la Estacion McMurdo, Antartida
External references
- GAPS website JAXA
- GAPS website UCLA
- Completion of the first Antarctic balloon flight of the GAPS mission investigating cosmic-ray anti-particles JAXA website
- Concluso con successo il volo di GAPS, lÂ’esperimento sullÂ’antimateria ASI Website
- GAPS, a Balloon Experiment Pursuing Dark Matter, Launches in Antarctica Columbia University
- GAPS: The Balloon Borne Dark Matter Search Experiment ISAS Research Information Portal
- Two NASA Scientific Balloon Launches Planned From Antarctica NASA website
Images of the mission
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