Archive · 18 Nov 2025

TIFR to Launch 10 Scientific Balloons for High-Altitude Research from Hyderabad

TIFR to Launch 10 Scientific Balloons for High-Altitude Research from Hyderabad

The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Hyderabad is going to send up 10 big balloons with special cameras and tools to take pictures and do experiments in the sky.

These balloons will fly high up, almost as high as some airplanes fly.

After they finish their work, the balloons will come back down to Earth using parachutes.

They might land in different places, so people should not touch them if they see them.

Scientists will come and collect them, and they'll give money to the person who finds them, but only if the balloons aren't opened or broken.

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