Document Details
Title:
THE DA VINCI III BALLOON
Author(s):
UNK, [ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.S.]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1976 Jul 26
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0098114
Document Number(s):
ERDA7611066
Originating Research Org.:
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, U.
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
THE DA VINCI III BALLOON AND ITS FOUR CREW MEMBERS LANDED IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY SATURDAY MORNING JULY 24. 1976 SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING AN AI R POLLUTION RESEARCH FLIGHT WHICH BEGAN THE PREVIOUS DAY IN ST LOUIS. THE SCIENTIFIC BALLOON MISSION THE SECOND TO ORIGINATE IN THE ST LOUI S AREA THIS SUMMER WAS LAUNCHED FROM ARROWHEAD AIRPORT WEST OF ST LOUI S AT 725 AM CDT ON FRIDAY JULY 23. THE CREW--THREE MEN AND A WOMAN--L ANDED THE BALLOON AT APPROXIMATELY 9 AM EDT THE NEXT DAY NEAR MOREHEAD KENTUCKY ABOUT 50 MILES EAST OF LEXINGTON. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO FOLLOW INDUSTRIAL ANDS URBAN AIR POLLUTION INTO THE SURROUNDIN G COUNTRSIDE AN TO RECORD THE CHANGING CONCENTRATION AND CHEMISTRY OF THE POLLUTANTS. THROUGH MUCH OF THE FLIGHT THE BALLOON FLOATED IN AND SCIENTISTS RECORDED DETAILED DATA FROM A "PLUME" OF AIR POLLUTANTS WH ICH EMANATED FROM THE ST LOUIS AREA. EARLY FINDS INDICATE THAT HIGH L EVELS OF OZONE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE TWO MAJOR AIR POLLUTANTS PERSISTED T HROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT. THE DA VINCI III MISSION WAS A JOINT PROJECT OF THE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (ERDA) SANDIA LABORATORIES THE NA TIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA) AND THE ENVIRONME NTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA).