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HOUSTON, TEY_AS...A second attempt to launch a six ton scientific
package designed to study cosmic ray activities in the upper atmosphere
is scheduled for 11 p.m. (C3T) December 14 from Holloman Air Vorce Base_
New
Mexico.
An earlier attempt_ on December 9, to put the package to the
proper altitude (108_O00 feet) was aborted when the main balloon developed
a leak following a successful launch from Ho!loman. The main portion of
the 1,000 foot tall tandem balloon developed a leak at a_out 25,000 feet.
The descent system was activated and the package descended to the ground.
The gondola with its scientific package was successfully recovered
near Roswell_ New Mexico. Preliminary examination indicates the gondola
and its instrument package suffered little or no damage.
The project_ Cosmic Ray Ionization Spectrograph Program (CRISP), is
managed by the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston_ Texas.
A backup balloon will be used for the new launch which is scheduled
to be launched for NASA by the U. S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories.
The balloon and its payload will drift toward the east and recovery of the
package is scheduled to be made somewhere west of the Appalachian Mountains
(Alabama_ Georgia or Tennessee). Flight dura%ion is scheduled to be approximately
12-18 hours.
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