Development of long‐duration ballooning in Antarctica

Following four successful long‐duration test flights from Australia to South America, a new flight support system with global tracking, command, and telemetry capability is being developed to support long‐duration balloon flights of relatively sophisticated instruments at both mid‐latitudes and in Antarctica. The first test flight for the joint NASA‐NSF program to support flights in Antarctica is scheduled from McMurdo in December 1989, with operational capability two years later.