Balloon-based experiment to measure gamma rays 6,500 light years distant
Sunday, September 18, 2011 - 02:30
in Astronomy & Space
Beginning Sunday, September 18, 2011 at NASA's launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, space scientists will attempt to send a balloon up to 130,000 feet with a one-ton instrument payload to measure gamma rays from the Crab Pulsar, the remains of a supernova explosion that lies 6,500 light years from Earth.
