NASA Announces Availability of Draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment for Scientific Balloon Program Expansion
May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 13 (TNSFR) -- NASA has issued a Draft Supplemental Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of expanding its Scientific Balloon Program. This program has been essential for more than 35 years, launching scientific balloons from NASA's Balloon Program Office (BPO) facilities in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and Palestine, Texas. These balloons are utilized to collect critical scientific data and conduct research in fields such as . . .