50 years ago, a balloon circumnavigated the world for science
Excerpt from the April 7, 1973 issue of Science News
![A photo of white opaque balloon with a wire and small contraption just below rising into a blue sky.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/031723_mt_50ya_balloons_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
High-altitude research balloons like this NASA balloon over Antarctica have led to many scientific discoveries. Hopefully, fears over spy balloons won’t ground them.
Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility