A fiery birth of aluminosilica analogs of refractory dust in the upper stratosphere

• Published in: Advances in Space Research
• Main Authors: Rietmeijer, F. J. M., De Angelis, S., FERRARI, MARCO, DELLA CORTE, VINCENZO, ROTUNDI, Alessandra, PALUMBO, Pasquale, GALLUZZI, VALENTINA
• Other Authors: Ferrari, Marco, DELLA CORTE, Vincenzo, Rotundi, Alessandra, Palumbo, Pasquale, Galluzzi, Valentina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Meteoric dust; Refractory particle; Stratospheric balloon; Stratospheric dust; Aerospace Engineering; Space and Planetary Science; Baffin Island; The Landing; Baffin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11367/63181; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2017.07.030; http://www.journals.elsevier.com/advances-in-space-research/

Following a successful dust collection flight in the upper stratosphere our DUSTER (Dust in the Upper Stratosphere Tracking Experiment and Retrieval) made a safe remote landing at its assigned location on Baffin Island during early June 2009. When the balloon payload that included DUSTER was retriev...