Balloon Hall (1965)

Ascent in the service of science

The Institute for Meteorology at the Free University of Berlin and the German Weather Service prepared weather balloons here from 1965 to 1993. These served as carriers for small measuring devices that measured air temperature, humidity, air pressure and wind at different altitudes.

The world record was achieved here at an altitude of around 52 km, a great success for research into the stratosphere.