PoGO+ the Telescope that didn’t give in

After a failed attempt of getting the POgO+ telescope 40 km into space carried by a helium balloon twice the size of the Globe Arena in 2010, and an inability to make an attempt in 2011 due to weather conditions, the international research group finally succeeded in 2012. The aim was to collect data from the Crab and Cygnus X-1 and the results brought back by PoGO+ has rendered a new field of research.