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JAXA released the first scientific balloon in Japan Fiscal Year 2016 from the Taiki Aerospace Research Field, which is a base for cooperation between the host town and JAXA, at 3:43 a.m.(JST) on June 8 (Wed.), 2016. The purpose of this experiment is to capture microorganisms in the stratosphere.