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The mission is known as the Astrophysics Stratospheric Telescope for High Spectral Resolution Observations at Submillimeter-wavelengths (ASTHROS).
NASA will be launching the balloon so that the researchers can study the formation of stars. The balloon is described as around the size of a football stadium, which is officially large enough to carry an 8.4ft telescope
ASTHROS telescope is designed to detect far-infrared light, which is longer than the light that is visible to humans, it will collect photographs and data to help scientists understand star and formation of the galaxy