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Date: Thu Sep 13 7:43 PM, 2012

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Canadian Space Agency Inflating New Balloon Launch Project Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor Date: 13 September 2012 Time: 07:00 AM ET Canadian Space Agency officials inflate a high-altitude balloon for recovery operation drills in Timmins, Ontario. The space agency hopes to start launching science balloon missions into Earth's atmosphere by 2014. CREDIT: Canadian Space Agency In Timmins, Ontario, a city most famous for its museum devoted to country singer Shania Twain, the Canadian Space Agency is hoping to attract visitors of a different sort. The space agency is helming an effort to launch unmanned weather balloons from Timmins' airport. If all goes well, the city of 43,000 may become the go-to destination in 2014 for Canadian researchers looking to send experiments soaring into the upper atmosphere. This week the CSA has been performing a series of simulated "recovery operations" to test gear and methods for retrieving a science balloon once it finishes its flight. http://www.space.com/17570-balloon-launches-canadian-space-agency.html __________________ Tommy's #1 SHANIA TWAIN SuperSite shaniasupersite.com Our eyes are closed, but we're not asleep, We're wide awake beneath the sheets

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