A second super-pressure balloon was launched by Nasa from Wānaka Airport on Saturday. It will join another launched on April 16 that is now on its fourth circumnavigation of the globe at about 33km (107,000ft) above the southern oceans.
Airways New Zealand works with Nasa to plan the launches of
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