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Plastic Balloon Rises 26Miles for Altitude RecordMINNEAPOLIS, Sept 7 Ml — A| Minnesota by Winr.en Research,helium-filled plastic balloon soaredto M2,800 feet, about 2HA-S miles,loday to break all existing altitude records for such bags, the University of Minnesota reported. The balloon, hjilt of mylar, aInc., Bloomington, Minn Ney said (he big bag, launched by a crew of 12 at the nearby Anoka Airport this morning, car-1, ricd a 48-pound payload. This inThe balloon. hJilt ot myiar, a c|mJe(i ^Vl-r#*s (oc ceasing infra-new plastic compound, was PVra-i ^ rad,nli011i air pressure end midal In shape, ISft . ?? /‘Jicmpriraiiircs, two cameras gearedcarried one million cubic teet «!(orpictures at one-minute interhelium tinder us thonsandih-of-an:v(ils' |wf ra(jjD transmitters for inch-thick skin. tracking the Hag and relaying in-'Edward I - Ney and John tt. strumen, data, c|ocu timers and,ballast.Winckler of the Minnesota physics department, who designed and conducted the experiment, said the ascent was about. 20,000 fed above the previous record of 325.000 set last year by a bag sent up overgood M
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San Antonio Express
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sat, Sep 08, 1956
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