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SWEDEN-SPACE-BALLOON
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A giant helium balloon rises into the air early July 7, 2011 at the Esrange space centre near Kiruna. Swedish scientists were forced to cut short a cutting-edge project and ground a giant helium balloon carrying an X-ray telescope shortly after it launched due to a leak, a space centre said today. The PoGOLite (Polarised Gamma-ray Observer), a two-tonne telescope dangling from an enormous balloon filled with one million cubic metres of helium was launched at 1:57 am (2357 GMT Wednesday) from Esrange and was brought back to earth shortly after 7:00 am.
AFP PHOTO/SWEDISH SPACE CORPORATION
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Kiruna, Norrbottens län, SWEDEN |
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7 Iulie 2011 |
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