CREPE (Cosmic Ray Emulsion Plastic Experiment)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Aeropuerto Fleming Field, South St.Paul, Minnesota, US  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 4/9/1970 19:15 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 20.800.000 cuft (0.7 Mil. Stratofilm)
Nº de vuelo: 56N
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 18/9/1970 ??
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): F 345 h
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: 20 millas al O de Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Peso carga útil: 2994 lbs.

• A Study of Heavy Trans-Iron Primary Cosmic Rays (Z More than or Equal to 55) with a Fast Film Cerenkov Detector Ph.D. Dissertation by L.S. Pinky
• Charge and Energy Spectra of Trans-Iron Cosmic Rays Physical Review D, vol. 7, Issue 11, pp. 3220
• Energy Spectrum of Nuclei with Z>=60 as Evidence for a New Source of Cosmic Rays Physical Review Letters, vol. 31, Issue 2, pp. 127
• Errant balloon drifts westward toward Pacific Roundup Vol. 9 Nº 23, September 11 1970 pags. 1-2
• Fast-Film Cerenkov Detector for Cosmic-Ray Primaries with Z >= 60 12th International Conference on Cosmic Rays, 1971. Volume 4, p.1630
• Further measurements and reassessment of the magnetic-monopole candidate Physical Review D - Particles and Fields, 3rd Series, vol. 18, Sept. 1, 1978, p. 1382
• NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility Annual Report, 1970 National Center for Atmospheric Research, February 1971
• Payload, balloon down in Canada. Experiment looks good Roundup Vol. 9 Nº 24, September 25 1970 pags. 1 & 4
• Review of Recent Performance of Large Balloons and Balloons with Payloads in Excess of 3000 Pounds Proceedings, Seventh AFCRL Scientific Balloon Symposium, 1973