Final Report Project 85006

Fifteen flights were conducted, of which 4 were made with Winzen balloons and 11 with General Mills balloons. Scientific equipment was carried to high altitudes for the Univ. of Iowa, New York Univ., and the Univ. of chicago. The equipment of 3 universities included a Deacon rocket with nose cones o...

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Other Authors: GENERAL MILLS INC MINNEAPOLIS MN
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1953
Subjects:
Astrophysics
*COSMIC RAYS
CANADA
PHOTOGRAPHY
HIGH ALTITUDE
IOWA
BALLOONSONDES
BAYS
GREENLAND
NOSE CONES
MEASUREMENT
ARCTIC REGIONS
NIKE-DEACON
RH-1 AIRCRAFT
SKYHOOK BALLOONS
Arctic
Baffin Bay
Canada
Deacon
Greenland
Kane
Baffin
Kane Basin
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0019113
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0019113
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Summary:Fifteen flights were conducted, of which 4 were made with Winzen balloons and 11 with General Mills balloons. Scientific equipment was carried to high altitudes for the Univ. of Iowa, New York Univ., and the Univ. of chicago. The equipment of 3 universities included a Deacon rocket with nose cones outfitted to make cosmic-ray measurements, a neutron counter, and a photographic device, respectively. The flights were launched from the US Coast Guard cutter Eastwind in the North Baffin Bay and Kane Basin regions, between Greenland and northeastern Canada. Seven rocket launchings were carried out with complete balloon success, although the first 2 rockets failed to fire after reaching altitude.

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