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Special Weapons Center's High Altitude Balloon Launch
Special Weapons Center's High Altitude Balloon Launch
Special Weapons Center's High Altitude Balloon Launch

Special Weapons Center's High Altitude Balloon Launch

Dateca. 1955
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions9 5/8 × 7 5/16 in. (24.5 × 18.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.014
DescriptionTechnicians prepare a payload for a Special Weapons Center high altitude balloon in Minnesota. The technicians are gathered around a Ford pickup truck in a field and are inspecting the instruments on the balloon that measure the effects of space radiation on men in space.
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