Balloon Pictures from the INTERBOA Campaign

Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden, August 1996

1. Attaching the X-ray imager to the top of the gondola.

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2. Our payload on the launch pad. Can you find the reindeer in this picture?

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3. Workers from the Centre Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) preparing the payload.

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4. Launching balloon # 2 - view from launchpad.

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5. Launching balloon # 1 - view from on top of hill.

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6. Our flying bug!

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7. The payload after crash-landing in Finland.

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8. Recovering the payload.

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