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TRACER launches from Williams Field


The TRACER payload was launched at 7:15 PM on December 12, 2003 from Williams Field, Antarctica. Panoramic by John W. Epstein.


TRACER rolls out
of the PIGbarn
TRACER on
the launchpad
The Boss
Andrew filling up
the gas chambers

The launch-viewing area
The balloon inflates

The inflation process

Tanks of helium
A beautiful evening
at Williams Field
TRACER with Mount
Erebus in the background


The balloon is released!




The payload out
of the spool

The payload up
and away


TRACER launch [WMV, 2.96 MB, 2 min 4 sec]

TIGER Antarctica Pictures
En route | Christchurch | Flight to the Ice | Unloading TIGER | Preparing the experiment
Aerogel Installation | Unloading ANITA | A Balloon campaign | Buttoning up | Hangtest
Pathfinder | TIGER launch | ARIA on the Ice | Crary Lab

Other Antarctica Pictures
McMurdo Station | Williams Field | Halloween | Firehouse | Thanksgiving
Snowstorm | Ice Runway | TRACER launch | Christmas | Icestock