BARRELPopular TagsEarth ObserverJames Webb Space Telescope – Engineering imagesJames Webb Space TelescopeJames Webb Space Telescope - Science imagesEarth Observatory Image of the DayJames Webb Space Telescope - OutreachJames Webb Space Telescope - MISCJames Webb Space Telescope - PeopleHubble Space TelescopeA BARREL balloon inflates on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center on Aug. 29, 2016. Throughout August 2016, the...An emperor penguin waddles away on Christmas morning in Antarctica. On Christmas day, the BARREL team visited a penguin colony....Liftoff! A balloon begins to rise over the brand new Halley VI Research Station, which had its grand opening in...Pumping helium into the first BARREL balloon to launch from Halley Research Satation. Credit: NASA --- In Antarctica in January,...The BARREL team at the SANAE IV research station celebrates their final launch in the Antarctica sun. Credit: NASA ---...Some of the BARREL balloon launches took place at the South African National Antarctic Expedition Research base, called SANAE IV,...A crane lowers two BARREL balloon payloads onto the platform at Halley Research Station in Antarctica. Credit: NASA --- In...Watching a BARREL balloon – and the instruments dangling below – float up over the SANAE IV research base in...An iceberg as viewed from the bow of the RRS Ernest Shackleton a few days before the BARREL team reached...Arrival of the RRS Ernest Shackleton near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. The Shackleton is the regular resupply ship for...The BARREL cargo on its four-hour journey from the supply ship to the research station. Credit: NASA --- In Antarctica...BARREL team members run under the payload as the balloon first takes flight at the SANAE IV research station in...The faint green glow of aurora can be seen above the clouds at Esrange Space Center in this photo from...A BARREL payload sits on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden. The BARREL team is at...A BARREL payload sits on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden. The BARREL team is at...Four reindeer walk past the BARREL payload on the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden, in August...A BARREL team member recovers the second payload after it landed. The BARREL team is at Esrange Space Center near...Prior to launch, the BARREL team works on the payload from the launch pad at Esrange Space Center near Kiruna,...The BARREL team prepares to launch their third payload from Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden, on Aug. 21, 2016....The first BARREL balloon is inflated just before its launch on Aug. 13, 2016, from Esrange Space Center near Kiruna,...The third BARREL balloon floats towards the stratosphere on Aug. 21, 2016. This payload flew for nearly 30 hours, measuring...The fourth BARREL balloon of this campaign sits on the launch pad shortly before it launched on Aug. 21, 2016....A BARREL team member watches as one of their payloads launches from Esrange Space Center on Aug. 29, 2016. Throughout...The BARREL team inflates the balloon to launch their fifth scientific payload from Esrange Space Center near Kiruna, Sweden, on...A BARREL balloon floats into the sky as it is partially filled. When fully inflated, each balloon is 90 feet...A member of the BARREL team prepares a payload for launch from Esrange Space Center on Aug. 29, 2016. Throughout...A group picture of all the researchers – from various science projects -- at the South African research station, SANAE...A team member from South African research station, SANAE IV, helps unwrap the balloon from its protective yellow plastic cover...A view looking over the payload – the instruments that fly under a balloon – while the BARREL balloon inflates....A BARREL balloon launches up into the sky, destined to float on the circumpolar winds around the South Pole for...Recovery of a BARREL balloon payload after its flight. The recovery was carried out by helicopter. This area is known...While large compared to a human, BARREL balloons are actually much smaller than typical science balloons, which can be as...BARREL team members lift up the instrument box below an inflated BARREL balloon to help with launch. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Francois Read...The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, poses next to the instrument box, which will float...Getting fuller! A BARREL balloon is filled with helium during the 2013-2014 mission campaign in Antarctica. Credit: NASA/Goddard/BARREL Read more:...Release of a BARREL balloon. The launch crew can be seen on the right holding the payload as the top...The BARREL team at the South African research station, SANAE IV, lay out the 130-foot-long balloon on the ground to...Getting ready to lay out a BARREL balloon to prepare for inflation. The helium stillages used to fill the balloon...The BARREL instrument in Antarctica– prior to being encased in its protective box – destined to float beneath a giant...The Halley station team members assisted the BARREL team with the launches. Here, one gives the thumbs up to start...Researchers communicate with the BARREL ground station during preparations for launch. The white box in the background is the science...The BARREL team at Halley Research Station in Antarctica, work to inflate a balloon. The long tube on the left...BARREL researchers get ready to release the top part of the balloon, called the bubble, as it fills with enough...Members of the BARREL team in Antarctica jump up and down in what they call the Low Wind Dance as...The BARREL team inflates their second balloon just before its launch on Aug. 13, 2015, from Kiruna, Sweden. The day...The BARREL team prepares to release the second scientific balloon in its Sweden campaign on Aug. 13, 2015. In addition...
