NASA is targeting Saturday, April 8 (Friday, April 7 in eastern time), to conduct a super pressure balloon (SPB) test flight launching from Wanaka airport, new Zealand, on a potential 100 day journey. NASA will begin flight preparations in the early morning hours Saturday and will continue to evaluate real-time and forecast weather conditions through-out the morning. If weather is conducive for launch, lift-off is scheduled between 8 and 11:30 a.m. locally (between 4 and 7:30 p.m. EDT Friday April 7). Once launched, the 532,000 cubic-meter balloon will ascend to an altitude of 33.5 kilometers. NASA estimates the balloon will circle the southern hemisphere’s mid-latitudes once every one to three weeks, depending on wind speed.
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