As stargazers keep their hopes up for an awesome show from ISON, dubbed the "comet of the century," a balloon NASA sent into space is intended to bring back more information about the celestial event
But this is not your average balloon. At 671 feet tall, NASA's balloon — named BRRISON, which stands for Balloon Rapid Response for ISON — can carry up to 8,000 pounds.
The comet ISON will whiz by the sun on Nov. 28 and it may light up brightly enough that we Earthlings can see it during the day, and without using telescopes. NASA hoped to gather more data about the comet through BRRISON, including images. According to a tweet from Sept. 28, the balloon launched successfully, and would float as high as 140,000 feet in the air. Read more...
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