NASA will launch 8 scientific balloons from New Mexico

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – NASA will launch eight scientific balloons at the agency’s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The balloon flights carrying "scientific experiments and technology demonstrations" are scheduled to launch from mid-August through mid-October.NASA said the flights will support 16 missions, including investigations in the fields of astrophysics, heliophysics, and atmospheric research.Not only are we launching a large number of missions, but th