Space.com NASA Telescope Recovered In Antarctica 1 Year After Parachuting Down | Video 4 March 2017 fborgosano Leave a comment Share: The Gamma-Ray Imager/Polarimeter for Solar flare (GRIPS) mission was lofted into the stratosphere by high-altitude balloon in Jan. 2016. After 12 days of collecting data, it parachuted back down to the frozen tundra of Antarctica. from Space.com bit.ly/2mPyWEu Share: