HERMES: A Data and Specimens Transporter from the Stratosphere to the Ground—The First Experimental Flight

• Published in: Drones
• Main Authors: Giovanni Romeo, Pasquale Adobbato, Simone Bacci, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Alessandro Iarocci, Amedeo Lepore, Massimo Mari, Silvia Masi, Francesco Pongetti, Giuseppe Spinelli, Massimiliano Vallocchia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: UAV; stratospheric platform; LDB; Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics; TL1-4050; Kiruna; Esrange; Recovery Point
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7050308; https://doaj.org/article/4f097d67b23c4f38bebb3a4eaad537e5

Large stratospheric balloons are the easiest access to near space. Large long duration balloons (LDBs) can float in the stratosphere for weeks collecting measurements (e.g., astrophysical or geophysical data) or samples (e.g., contaminants, volcanic ash, micrometeorites). The recovery of data media...