NASA’s EXCITE Mission Prepared for Scientific Balloon Flight

Scientists and engineers are ready to fly an infrared mission called EXCITE EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope to the edge of space. EXCITEis designed to study atmospheres aroundexoplanets, or worlds beyond our solar system, during circumpolar long-duration scientific balloon flights. But first, it must complete a test flight duringNASAs fall 2024 scientific ballooning campaignfrom Fort Sumner, . https://science.nasa.gov/m...
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