ORISON Starts a Project to Study the Cosmos using Balloons0

• Space Science
• May 5, 2016

A balloon has enabled recording for the first time in high definition and color, Lyrids meteor shower from the stratosphere. It is one of the first operations ORISON, a project funded by the European Union and coordinated by the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia. The aim is to analyze the feasibility of a research infrastructure based on stratospheric balloons.