NASA’s scientific balloon carrying the GUSTO mission takes flight from Antarctica

NASA’s Galactic/Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory (GUSTO), a scientific balloon carrying a telescope with carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen emission line detectors to measure emissions from the interstellar medium, the cosmic material found between stars, successfully launched from Antarctica on Sunday, December 31.

The Long-Duration Balloon is currently flying 128,000 feet…