CREPE (Cosmic Ray Emulsion Plastic Experiment)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, EEUU  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 26/9/1968 19:33 cdt
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Winzen 10.600.000 cuft (0.7 mil. Stratofilm)
Nº de serie del globo: SF 305.86-070-NSC-09 Serial Nº 276
Nº de vuelo: 434P
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 28/9/1968 ??
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): 42 h
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: En Big Springs, Texas, EE.UU
Peso carga útil: 1486 lbs.

• Balloon liftoff Roundup Vol. 7 Nº 26, October 11 1968 pag. 1
• Identification of tracks of super heavy cosmic rays in plastics 11th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, held in Budapest, 25 August - 4 September, 1969
• NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report, 1968 p. A-35 National Center for Atmospheric Research, January 1969
• Observation of Cosmic-Ray Particles with Z > 35 Physical Review D, vol. 8, Issue 6, pp. 1707
• Observation of Cosmic-Ray Particles with Z>35 Physical Review D, vol. 8, Issue 6, pp. 1707
• Primary Cosmic Ray Particles With Z > 35 (VVH Particles). 13th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, held in Denver, Colorado, Volume 1 (OG Sessions)., p.265
• Study of the Charge Spectrum of Extremely Heavy Cosmic Rays Using Combined Plastic Detectors and Nuclear Emulsions Physical Review D, vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 815