The Big balloon 60 has set a new record, reaching a height of 48 500 m

August 17, NASA launched a giant balloon ultrathin Big 60.

The name is associated with it a volume of 60 million cubic feet, or about 1.7 million cubic meters. Agency officials stated that the Big 60 has set a new record, reaching a height of 48 500 m during your 8-hour flight and steadily remaining on her for a while.

Ball visited the stratosphere and got up to 8 km higher than the next highest prototype of the balloon.

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