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PUEO

NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a completed balloon mission that searched for radio signals from ultra-high-energy neutrinos interacting with Antarctic ice, probing extreme astrophysical processes.

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Payload for Ultrahigh Energy ObservationsPUEO Mission
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PUEO
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completed

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NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a completed balloon mission that searched for radio signals from ultra-high-energy neutrinos interacting with Antarctic ice, probing extreme astrophysical processes.
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Approximately 35 km Antarctic stratospheric balloon flight over the ice sheet for ultra-high-energy neutrino and cosmic-ray observations
End Date
2026-01-12
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Start Date
2025-12-20
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August 13, 2026 at 19:10:07 UTC
Updated Time
August 22, 2026 at 11:25:32 UTC

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