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

• Published in: Drones
• Main Authors: Romeo, Giovanni, Adobbato, Pasquale, Bacci, Simone, Di Stefano, Giuseppe, Iarocci, Alessandro, Lepore, Amedeo, Mari, Massimo, Masi, Silvia, Pongetti, Francesco, Spinelli, Giuseppe, Vallocchia, Massimiliano
• Other Authors: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia, Elettromeccanica Adobbato Pasquale, Dipartimento di Fisica, Sapienza Università di Roma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: Kiruna; Esrange; Recovery Point
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/17203; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7050308

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...