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Balloon Launched at Bemidji,Other Flights Being PlannedBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSNorthwest skywatchers probably will have a rash of balloons to keep their eyes on in the very near future.The Air Force sent a nine million cubic foot balloon aloft at Bemidji this morning, the second in a series of three experimental bags.The launching was at 5:35 a.m., with weather conditions excellent. The balloon, with its cargo of instruments and white mice is expected to reach an altitude of 130,000 feet.The cargo will be cut loose late today and is expected to land in the vicinity of Jordan, Montana.Near New Brighton, General Mills was poised to send a sun camera aloft, attached to a million cubic foot bag. And a low altitude familiarization flight was only awaiting perfect weather for a takeoff from Fleming Field near South St. Paul.The Bemidji flights are aimedat learning what perils humans will face in space. The first in the series reached Montana, where instruments were parachuted safely to earth last week, the Air Force reported.The Office of Naval Research (ONR) said the New Brighton project would attempt to photograph the corona, the white-hot, flaming gases shot off from the edges of the sun.A small disc in the center of the lens is geared to blct out the sun’s intense center light, thus providing the effect of an eclipse as viewed from the earth.Cmdr. Malcolm D. Ross, veteran of several high altitude flights, will be in charge of the South St. Paul training flight, expected to remain aloft for possibly 24 hours.Those accompanying him, under ONR auspices, will be Lt. Cmdr. William S. M. Arnold, meteorologist: Lt. Cmdr. Victor A. Prather, flight surgeon, and Dr. Thomas Gehrels, Indiana University astronomer.
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Sat, Jul 23, 1960
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