In the table below you will find the records of stratospheric balloons launched from different countries during 1963, which are currently available in StratoCat's database. Each row displays essential information such as the launch base, date and time of launch, and, if known, the mission duration and landing site of the payload. Clicking on the experiment name will offer details about the scientific institutions involved, a summary of the experiment's purpose and results, and other relevant information on the balloon flight, including references and images. Clicking on the arrows at the top and the bottom of the table you can move to other year's tables.
Launch base | Date | Flight Duration | Experiment | Payload landing place or cause of the failure |
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![]() | 1/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/9 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/15 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/16 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/17 | 5 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA | Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, US |
![]() | 1/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/17 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/18 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/19 | 3 h 16 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/21 | 5 h 30 m | ORIENTED NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/22 | --- | ASHCAN | 2 miles off-shore Cowell, in Spencers Gulf, Australia |
![]() | 1/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/26 | 5 h 42 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/28 | 8 h 15 m | COSMIC RAY EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 1/30 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/4 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/5 | 4 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/7 | 8 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/14 | 8 h | VENUS SPECTRUM STUDIES IN TNE NEAR INFRARED | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/16 | 7 h 5 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 2/22 | --- | STRATOSCOPE II - SCIENTIFIC FLIGHT # 1 (FAILED ATTEMPT) | Aborted flight due to balloon burst in launch pad. |
![]() | 2/23 | 4 h | TRANSPONDER TEST | 10 miles N of Pinon, Arizona, US |
![]() | 3/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/1 | 11 h 30 m | STRATOSCOPE II - SCIENTIFIC FLIGHT # 1 | Near Pulaski, Tennessee, US |
![]() | 3/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/7 | 5 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 10 miles NE of Spur, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/8 | 4 h 58 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/9 | 4 h 30 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/10 | --- | SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/10 | 5 h 2 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/14 | 3 h 30 m | INFRARED RADIOMETER | 4 miles SSW of Lubbock, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/14 | 3 h 23 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE ALUMINUM GEIER COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/19 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/20 | 4 h 30 m | INFRARED RADIOMETER | 45 miles SSE of Lubbock, Texas, US |
![]() | 3/20 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/22 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/26 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER II (Kittinger - White) | Aborted flight. |
![]() | 3/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/27 | 3 h 19 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/29 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 3/31 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/1 | 15 h | OZONE MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/3 | 4 h | TRANSPONDER TEST | Stratton, Colorado, US |
![]() | 4/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/6 | F 6 h 38 m | NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/7 | --- | CERENKOV SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/8 | 1 h | ASHCAN | Balloon leaked one hour into the flight |
![]() | 4/10 | 1 h | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 65.000 ft |
![]() | 4/10 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/13 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/16 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/20 | --- | PROJECT STARGAZER II (Kittinger - White) | Aborted flight. |
![]() | 4/20 | 4 h 45 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/21 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/25 | --- | NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/25 | 4 h 40 m | COSMIC RAY SOLID STATE DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/25 | 12 h 30 m | OMNIDIRECTIONAL NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/26 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/27 | 34 h | BALLOON LOAD TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 4/30 | 7 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | 40 miles NNE of Holloman AFB, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 4/30 | --- | CERENKOV COUNTER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/1 | 3 h 30 m | OMNIDIRECTIONAL NEUTRON DETECTOR | Possibly leaky balloon |
![]() | 5/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/3 | 5 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA | 34 miles WSW of Roswell, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/4 | 7 h 45 m | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | 9 miles SE of San Antonio, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/4 | 27 h 58 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/7 | 7 h | AIR SAMPLING | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/7 | 24 h | OMNIDIRECTIONAL NEUTRON DETECTOR | E of Mustang, Oklahoma, US |
![]() | 5/8 | --- | ASHCAN | Nulla Nulla Station, New South Wales, Australia |
![]() | 5/11 | 12 h | BAL-AST (Balloon Astronomy) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | ~6 h | MICROBIOLOGICAL COLLECTION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/11 | 1 h | OMNIDIRECTIONAL NEUTRON DETECTOR | Balloon burst at 56.000 ft |
![]() | 5/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/14 | 24 h 30 m | OMNIDIRECTIONAL NEUTRON DETECTOR | 20 miles NE of Carlsbad, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 5/15 | --- | SKY-CAR II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/16 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 88.000 ft |
![]() | 5/16 | 4 h | LARGE VOLUME IMPACTOR-FILTER SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/19 | 667 h | SUPERPRESSURE BALLOON TEST | 500 miles S of Kamtchatka Peninsula, URSS |
![]() | 5/22 | --- | SKY-CAR II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/23 | ~5 h | SOLAR ACTIVITY EFFECT ON COSMIC RADIATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/24 | --- | JUMP BALLOON | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/28 | ~5 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SOLAR SPECTRA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 5/30 | --- | SKY-CAR II | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/7 | --- | ASHCAN | Near Clearwater, Minnesota, US |
![]() | 6/7 | 10 h 36 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/8 | 12 h 9 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/15 | F 11 h 15 m | EMULSION STACK | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/18 | F 11 h 5 m | EMULSION STACK | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/18 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/19 | 10 h | NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/19 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/20 | 33 h | TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS MEASUREMENTS INSIDE PAYLOAD | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/23 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/24 | 12 h | ORIENTED EMULSION STACK | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/25 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 87.000 ft |
![]() | 6/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/26 | 13 h | RADIOMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | 14 h | COSMIC RAY COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 6/27 | 12 h | ORIENTED EMULSION STACK | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/2 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/5 | 10 h 23 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/5 | 10 h 35 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/5 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/6 | 10 h 28 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/6 | 16 h 39 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/17 | 51 h | BALLOON PERFORMANCE TEST | Impact on the Pacific Ocean, at 31° 48' N; 131° 48' W - 780 miles WSW of the California coast. |
![]() | 7/18 | 100 h | BALLOON PERFORMANCE TEST | Impact on the Pacific Ocean, at 34° 12' N; 131° 48' W - 760 miles W of the California coast. |
![]() | 7/19 | 7 h 45 m | ENVIRONMENTAL TEST OF COSMIC RAY DETECTOR TO BE PLACED IN A SATELLITE | 15 miles NE of Ajo, Arizona, US |
![]() | 7/20 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/20 | --- | SOLAR PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/23 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/25 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | 10 h 30 m | EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | 12 h | MAGNETIC SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/28 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/30 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/31 | --- | MICROBIOLOGICAL COLLECTION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 7/31 | 33 h | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/1 | --- | EMULSIONS | Balloon burst during ascent |
![]() | 8/2 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | 12 h | ORIENTED NUCLEAR EMULSIONS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/3 | 8 h 26 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/5 | 12 h | MAGNETIC SPARK CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/5 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/5 | 2 d | SKY ANCHOR - CONCEPT TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | 8 h | HIGH ENERGY NEUTRON DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/6 | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- | |
![]() | 8/7 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/7 | 14 h | ORNITHORHYNCUS I - SCINTILLATION COUNTERS + EMULSION PLATES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/7 | 15 h 25 m | CLOUD CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/7 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | 12 h | SCINTILLATION COUNTERS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/9 | --- | IONIZATION CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/12 | 2 h 55 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | 36 h 55 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/13 | 11 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | Lost in the Pacific Ocean off the west Mexican Coast |
![]() | 8/15 | --- | LARGE VOLUME IMPACTOR-FILTER SAMPLER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/17 | --- | RADIOMETER | Balloon burst at launch. |
![]() | 8/17 | 9 h 35 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/20 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/20 | --- | ASHCAN | Balloon burst at 85.000 ft |
![]() | 8/20 | --- | RADIOMETER | Balloon burst at launch. |
![]() | 8/21 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/21 | 17 h 33 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/21 | 12 h 15 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/22 | 8 h 30 m | RADIOMETER | 30 miles NNW of San Angelo, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/23 | --- | POCIBO 2 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 2) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/26 | --- | POCIBO 1 (Polar Circling Balloon Observatory # 1) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 8/28 | 2 h | NEUTRON STUDY | Balloon burst at 108.000 ft. Payload landed 15 Miles E of Corsicana, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/29 | 3 h 30 m | NEUTRON STUDY | Premature cur down. Payload landed 8 Miles SE of Comanche, Texas, US |
![]() | 8/31 | --- | NEUTRON STUDY | Balloon burst after launch. Payload recovered 2 Miles West of NCAR Base, Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/1 | 9 h 30 m | NEUTRON STUDY | 6 Miles NE of Oddessa, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/5 | 7 h 14 m | SOLAR CELL CALIBRATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/6 | ~1 h | CORONASCOPE II - DUMMY PAYLOAD | Balloon burst at 46.500 ft. Payload landed 4 Miles E of Oakwood, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/8 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/8 | 12 h 30 m | PRIMARY GAMMA RADIATION STUDIES | 3 Miles N of Plano, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/9 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/11 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/12 | ~1 h | PRIMARY GAMMA RADIATION STUDIES | Balloon burst at 58.000 ft. Payload landed 12 Miles E of NCAR Base, Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/13 | ~4 h | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/14 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/15 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | 4 h | OBSERVATION OF THE INFRARED SPECTRA | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/16 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/17 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/18 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/19 | 5 h | ASHCAN | Warrananga Station, Victoria, Australia |
![]() | 9/20 | 7 h 30 m | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | 45 miles NE of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, EE.UU |
![]() | 9/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/20 | 26 h 30 m | PRIMARY GAMMA RADIATION STUDIES | 7 Miles SE of Star City, Arkansas, US |
![]() | 9/20 | 12 h 37 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/24 | 3 h 30 m | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/26 | 5 h | LOW ENERGY GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | 1 h | RECOVERY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/27 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 9/28 | 9 h | ORNITHORHYNCUS II - COSMIC RAY EXPERIMENT | 10 Miles N of Clarcksville, Texas, US |
![]() | 9/28 | 10 h 58 m | SCINTILLATION COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | --- | MAGNETIC CLOUD CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | 3 h 30 m | REENTRY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/1 | 29 h | EVALUATING OF ONE-WAY VALVING DUCT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/2 | --- | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/3 | ~7 h | WATER VAPOUR MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/4 | 22 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/5 | 79 h | EVALUATING OF ONE-WAY VALVING DUCT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/8 | 28 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 30 miles NNW of Childress, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/8 | 30m | SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon burst at 49.500 ft. Payload recovered 7 Miles WSW of Elkhart, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/8 | 54 m | MASS SPECTROMETER | Balloon burst at 40.000 ft |
![]() | 10/9 | 30m | SPARK CHAMBER | Balloon burst at 40.800 ft. Payload recovered 2 Miles W of Elkhart, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/10 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/11 | 9 h 30 m | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | 15 miles S of Hobbs, New Mexico, US |
![]() | 10/12 | 7 h 46 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/13 | 17 h | EMULSION CLOUD CHAMBER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/14 | 54 m | MASS SPECTROMETER | Balloon burst at 40.000 ft |
![]() | 10/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/15 | 28 h | COSMIC RAY STUDIES | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/15 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/16 | 5 h | LOW ENERGY GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/17 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/17 | 7 h 30m | ZODIACAL LIGHT OBSERVATION | 6 Miles E of Diridder, Louisiana, US |
![]() | 10/18 | 1 h | ZODIACAL LIGHT OBSERVATION | Balloon burst at 68.000 ft. Payload recovered 10 Miles W of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/18 | 2h | HYGROMETERS | 5 Miles NW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/19 | 8 h | ZODIACAL LIGHT OBSERVATION | In Diboll, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/20 | 9 h | ZODIACAL LIGHT OBSERVATION | 12 Miles SE of Pineland, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/21 | 9 h | ZODIACAL LIGHT OBSERVATION | 1 Mile SW of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/23 | 3 h | PAYLOAD UNKNOWN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/23 | 2 h 50 m | MASS SPECTROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/24 | 8 h | ASHCAN - AIR EJECTOR PARTICLE SAMPLER | 10 miles NE of Palestine, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/24 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/26 | 2h | HYGROMETERS | 3 Miles SE of Lufkin, Texas, US |
![]() | 10/26 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 10/30 | 7 h 2 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/1 | 5 h | REENTRY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/1 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/2 | ~1 h 30 m | CORONASCOPE II - DUMMY PAYLOAD | Balloon burst at 55.000 ft. Payload recovered 10 Miles SE of Alto, Texas, US |
![]() | 11/3 | 3 h | REENTRY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/5 | --- | SPARK CHAMBER | In the Italian Alpes |
![]() | 11/6 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | 5 h | CALIBRATION OF EARTH OXIGEN RADIATION PROFILE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/8 | 11 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | Wesson, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 11/9 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/10 | 4 h | REENTRY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/11 | --- | CERENKOV SCINTILLATION COUNTER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/13 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/13 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR (SPARMO) | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/14 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | 6 h 13 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | 30 h | QUALITY EVALUATION | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/16 | 25 h | QUALITY EVALUATION - INCREASED PAYLOAD | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | 1 h | INFRARED SPECTRUM EARTH MEASUREMENTS | Balloon burst at 30.000 ft. Payload recovered 12 miles SE of Page, Arizona, US |
![]() | 11/17 | 4 h | REENTRY SYSTEM TEST | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/17 | 13 h | ALPHA RADIATION HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/18 | 5 h | MICROBIOLOGICAL COLLECTION | Near Wasau, Winsconsin, US |
![]() | 11/19 | 4 h | INFRARED SPECTRUM EARTH MEASUREMENTS | 20 miles N of Kayenta, Arizona, US |
![]() | 11/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/20 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/23 | 8 h | ALPHA RADIATION HYGROMETER | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 11/26 | 17 h | STRATOSCOPE II - SCIENTIFIC FLIGHT # 2 | Near Kosciusko, Mississippi, US |
![]() | 11/29 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/3 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/4 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/5 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/6 | ~1 h | GAMMA RAY AND CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR | Balloon burst at 53.000 ft. Payload recovered 10 milles NE of Shonto, Arizona, US |
![]() | 12/8 | ~1 h | GAMMA RAY AND CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTOR | Balloon burst at 34.000 ft. Payload not recovered |
![]() | 12/10 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/11 | F 11 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/12 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/13 | --- | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/13 | F 2 h 40 m | X-RAY DETECTOR | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/15 | 8 h | SESAME (Micrometeorite Collector) | 20 miles NNW of Columbia, South Carolina, US |
![]() | 12/16 | 3 h 25 m | ION CHAMBER + SINGLE GEIGER COUNTER + GEIGER TELESCOPE | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/17 | 2 h | DYNAMIC TEST OF BALLOON ASCENT | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/23 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
![]() | 12/26 | --- | ASHCAN | --- No Data --- |
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