urn:nasa:pds:context:airborne:balloon.bopps 2.0 1.22.0.0 Product_Context 2026-07-11 2.0 Converted from deprecated Airborne product type to Instrument_Host. Logical identifier urn:nasa:pds:context:airborne:balloon.bopps is retained unchanged. Major version bump reflects the change in product class. 2026-07-06 1.1 Changed IM from 1700 to 1Q00 2017-02-27 1.0 A. Raugh: Creation urn:nasa:pds:context:investigation:mission.bopps instrument_host_to_investigation urn:nasa:pds:context:telescope:bopps.sto instrument_host_to_instrument urn:nasa:pds:bopps2014:document:gondola_overview context_to_associate This small text document provides a brief overview of the BOPPS gondola. Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary Science (BOPPS) Gondola Balloon The BOPPS Gondola is composed of an aluminum frame that carried and protected the science payload and subsystems, and was the link with the balloon flight train. The gondola was sized to hold the existing 80cm aperture STO telescope.