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== Flight information ==

 * Launch date and time
  * NZDT (McMurdo local): 16:59 January 1, 2015
  * UTC: 03:59 January 1, 2015
  * EST: 22:59 December 31, 2014
  * CST: 21:59 December 31, 2014
  * PST: 19:59 December 31, 2014
 * Launch site: Long Duration Balloon (LDB) field camp, 3 miles from Williams Field (NZWT).  McMurdo Station, Ross Island, Antarctica
 * Float altitude: 36 km (118,000 feet)


== Major media coverage ==

 * [[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-high-flying-web-may-catch-the-beginning-of-time/|"A High-Flying Web May Catch the Beginning of Time"]], Scientific American, Nov. 12, 2014
 * [[http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/canadian-scientists-on-antarctic-mission-aim-to-reveal-cosmic-origins/article22169793/|"Canadian scientists on Antarctic mission aim to reveal cosmic origins"]], Globe and Mail, Dec. 19, 2014
 * [[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/science/big-bang-to-be-investigated-from-balloon-in-antarctica.html|"Big Bang to be Investigated from Balloon in Antarctica"]], New York Times, Jan. 2, 2015


== University coverage ==

 * [[http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S41/15/66S57/index.xml?section=featured|"Far above Antarctica, Princeton's 'spacecraft' seeks traces of the early universe"]], Princeton University, September 25, 2014.