NASAʹs long duration balloon program: the last ten years and the next ten years Original Research Article

This document chronicles the last ten years of the National Aeronautics and Space Administrationʹs (NASA) Long Duration Balloon (LDB) program and offers insight into the next ten years. Along with some of the LDB accomplishments, an overview of present and future flight support capabilities is presented. An outline of the current process for obtaining LDB mission support, along with a typical schedule is presented.