Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 6/23/1964 at 17:58 cst
Launch site: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station, Palestine, Texas, US
Balloon launched by: NCAR National Scientific Balloon Flight Station
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 3.000.000 cuft (0.5 MIL.)
Flight identification number: 42P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/23/1964
Landing site: Launch aborted
Payload weight: 211 lbs
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- The Flight Record Scientific Ballooning Nº 15, July 1964
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