Out of This World! NASA Equipment Lands on Texas Farm
• NASA high-altitude balloon payload lands unexpectedly on a Texas farm.
• The payload, launched from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carried a telescope for cosmic research.
• The West Texas family assisted NASA in the safe recovery of the scientific equipment.
Family discovers NASA payload on their farm
In a rather unusual event, a family in West Texas discovered a large object drifting over their farm in Hale County. The object was later identified as a NASA high-altitude balloon payload. The payload, launched from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carried a telescope designed for cosmic research. These balloons can ascend up to 120,000 feet, carrying various instruments for space and atmospheric studies.
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