{"id":60846,"date":"2022-05-04T16:33:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T23:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/\/?page_id=60846"},"modified":"2026-04-03T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:10:52","slug":"six-years-of-research-almost-lost-to-antarcticas-harsh-tundra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drivesaversdatarecovery.com\/nl-nl\/case-studies\/six-years-of-research-almost-lost-to-antarcticas-harsh-tundra\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Years of Research Almost Lost to Antarctica\u2019s Harsh Tundra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_custom_1657926936235 vc_column-gap-35 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex wpex-vc-full-width-row wpex-vc-full-width-row--centered wpex-relative wpex-vc_row-has-fill wpex-cols-right wpex-vc-reset-negative-margin wpex-has-overlay wpex-has-overlay--69dea09b23cf5\"><div class=\"wpex-bg-overlay-wrap wpex-absolute wpex-inset-0 wpex-rounded-inherit\"><style 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vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69dea09b2681d{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69dea09b2681d{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69dea09b2681d{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69dea09b2681d has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Klant:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">BLAST, UPENN<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69dea09b26d50{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69dea09b26d50{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69dea09b26d50{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69dea09b26d50 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Apparaattype:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">200GB Hard Drive<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-1\/5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex_69dea09b272d9{font-size:20px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69dea09b272d9{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69dea09b272d9{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#ffffff;line-height:1;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69dea09b272d9 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Turn Around:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: .8em;\">2 Business Days<span style=\"color: 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class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><style>.vcex-heading.vcex_69dea09b2a1e0{color:#e31f26;}<\/style><h2 class=\"vcex-heading vcex-heading-plain vcex-module wpex-heading wpex-text-2xl wpex-h2 vcex_69dea09b2a1e0 translation-block\"><span class=\"vcex-heading-inner wpex-inline-block\"><span class=\"cs-red-heading\">Gegevensverlies<\/span> \u2013 Situatie<\/span><\/h2><style>.vcex_69dea09b2a666{font-size:25px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69dea09b2a666{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69dea09b2a666{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#222222;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69dea09b2a666 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania seeking answers to some of the most important questions regarding the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies, and star clusters, set forth with several other institutions on a six-year project called BLAST (Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope). During the second flight for BLAST launched from a remote station in Antarctica, an unmanned balloon carrying the most powerful space telescope of its kind floated into the stratosphere at altitudes of 120,000 feet and ultimately crashed on the edge of an icy ravine on January 1, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>The 200GB IDE hard drive onboard BLAST that recorded all the new data was salvaged by a rescue team, but once back in the lab it did not boot up. A small amount of data was streamed back to the researchers during the flight, but the bulk of the information (about 160GB of binary files) was lost. The scientists turned to DriveSavers to recover the data and help them unlock their new discoveries.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space\"   style=\"height: 32px\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><style>.vcex_69dea09b2aab4{font-size:25px!important;}@media (max-width:767px){.vcex_69dea09b2aab4{font-size:15px!important;}}@media (max-width:479px){.vcex_69dea09b2aab4{font-size:15px!important;}}<\/style>\n\t<div style=\"color:#333333;\" class=\"wpb_text_column vcex_69dea09b2aab4 has-custom-color wpex-child-inherit-color wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<blockquote><p>\nSix years of work would have gone down the tubes, not only would the experiment have been destroyed, we would\u2019ve lost invaluable data about early galaxies in their formation stages between 7-10 billion years ago or so. 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