The PMC-Turbo balloon gondola hanging on the launch vehicle

The PMC-Turbo balloon gondola hanging on the launch vehicle
The PMC-Turbo balloon gondola hanging on the launch vehicle
The German Aerospace Center (DLR) contributed a lidar (Laser Radar) to NASA's long-term balloon mission to investigate Noctilucent Clouds (NLC). With the lidar measurements, the vertical structure of the waves could be visualised for the first time.