LADEE launch gallery: Wallops aims for the Moon
Ars Technica » Scientific Method 2013-09-11
Wallops doesn't only launch rockets. Some scientific research can be done much more cheaply using instruments lofted by reusable balloons. Here, we get an introduction to this program.
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Ars was lucky enough to have a reader on hand for last weekend's launch of the LADEE lunar orbiter at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. He got an introduction to some of the other work done at Wallops, a visit to the Minotaur rocket and its control room, and was on hand to photograph the launch itself. He also provided a first-hand account of the visit and launch.
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