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[Music plays and a world globe and the sun shining can be seen through revolving rings and text appears on screen: cnes]

[Image appears of a night sky and the Pilot logo and text appears on screen: The Pilot Mission Measuring the Submillimeter Emission From Interstellar Dust]

[[Image appears of particles in space and text appears: Measuring The Polarized Emission From Interstellar Dust]

[Image appears of a white sheds and the camera pans over the Timmins Balloon Base and text appears: Timmins Balloon Base – Ontario, Canada, September 2015]

[Image changes to show four males lifting the gondola and text appears: Preparing the First Flight of the Pilot Gondola]

[Images flash through of employees in front of computers]

[Image changes to show a Daytime Stellar Sensor on the left side of the screen and an animated Daytime Stellar Sensor displaying the angle range of the sensor on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: A Daytime Stellar Sensor]

[Image changes to show a team of employees working on the gondola]

[Image changes to show the gondola on the right hand side of the screen and an animation of the gondola spinning in an anti-clockwise direction on the left side of the screen displaying the -360 degree turning range of the gondola and text appears: The Gondola Provides Accurate Pointing for Science Observations Throughout the Flight]

[Image changes to show two males looking at the Primary Mirror Photometer Cryostat Detectors on the left hand side of the screen and an animation of the Primary Mirror Photometer Cryostat Detector on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: The Primary Mirror Photometer Cryostat Detectors]

[Images flash through of the gondola and the balloon being inflated and text appears: Pilot, a telescope in the wind]

[Image changes to show a man on the top of a ladder attaching the gondola to the balloon]

[An animation image appears of the gondola and waves flash below the gondola displaying its’ connection to earth and then the image shows the balloon and the Gondola lifting into the air and text appears: The Gondola is Always in Contact with the Ground]

[Image changes to show a male looking at a computer screen and talking and then images flash through of people working on computer screens]

[Image changes to show an image of a man holding a large balloon on the left hand side of the screen and the balloon in the air on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: Atmospheric Sounding Flight Preparation]

[Images flash through of computer screen displays, a male working at a computer, a hand pointing to the computer screen and a male talking to people seated at two long tables and text appears: Weather Briefing For The Pilot Flight]

[Image changes to show the Gondola being brought out of a shed, and then the image changes and an image appears of employees gathered round the gondola on the left side of the screen and the gondola being suspended and moved by a tractor and text appears: Moving The Gondola To The Tarmac]

[Image changes to show the suspended gondola being brought to the balloon attached to a truck and then the camera zooms in on a male by the helium bottle]

[Image changes to show the platform holding the helium bottle and then the camera pans across to show the balloon attached to a truck and text appears: Last Fill-Up]

[Image changes to show a male descending the stairs of the helium filling station and then the image changes and the inflated balloon is shown on the left side of the screen and the balloon being inflated is shown on the right hand side of the screen and then the camera zooms in on the base of the balloon and text appears: Inflation of the Main Balloon 800 000 M3]

[Image changes to show males holding on to cords attached to the balloon on the left hand side of the screen and the balloon itself on the right hand side of the screen]

[Image changes to show the balloon against a sunrise]

[Image changes to show a female and a male working in the operations room on the left hand side of the screen and two males working in the operations room on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: Flight Operations Control Room]

[Camera zooms in on a male talking and then images continue to flash through of employees working in the control room]

[Image changes to show the top of the inflated balloon and then the image changes to show the Gondola being attached on the left hand side of the screen and the balloon and the auxiliary balloon on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: The Gondola is Lifted By the Auxiliary Balloon]

[Camera zooms in on a male attaching a lead to the gondola and then the image changes to show the gondola being manoeuvred into place on the left hand side of the screen and the inflated balloon on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: 20^th September, 2015 9.00 PM (Local Time)]

[Image shows the balloon waving in the wind and then the camera zooms down to show the gondola suspended below the balloon as it moves into the air]

[Image changes to show light reflecting off the gondola on the left hand side of the screen and the gondola suspended below the balloon on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: Almost 3 Hours of Ascent]

[Image shows light reflecting off the gondola on the left hand side of the screen and a view showing the base of the balloon facing the camera on the right hand side of the screen]

[Images flash through of particles in the air, the base of the gondola and computer screen displays and text appears: Science Data Collection For More Than 20 Hours]

[Image changes to show light reflecting off the gondola and then the image changes to show people working in the control room and text appears: Read-Time Data Analysis]

[Images flash through of the computer screen and then the image changes to show the light reflecting off the top of the balloon on the left hand side of the screen and an animation of the gondola showing the range of scanning on the right hand side of the screen and text appears: Scanning The Galactic Plane]

[Image changes to show a view from space of the earth rotating with Timmins Canada Sept 2015 pinpointed and then Alice Springs Australia 2017 pinpointed and then the galaxy area is highlighted in purple and text appears: With Three Flights, Pilot Will Cover The Galaxy And Other Important Target Far From The Galactic Plan]

[Image of the earth continues to spin and Kiruna, Suede 2018 is pinpointed on the globe and the galaxy continues to be highlighted in purple and then the camera zooms in on the highlighted purple area and it rotates from a vertical area to a horizontal area and text appears: Pilot, a telescope in the wind]

[Image changes to show a group of employees pictured in front of the balloon and text appears: Pilot]

[A background image appears of a night sky and the Pilot and sponsors logos appears in the foreground]

[Text appears: The Pilot Project is An Astronomy Mission In The Scientific Programmes of CNES and IRAP]

[Image appears of light reflecting off the top of the balloon and text appears: Shooting Romain Gaboriaud, 3D animation Armedias concept, Edition Gilles Pedoussaut]

[Text appears: Direction Prodigima Films, Music Andrew Vovchyna, Special thanks, Canadian Space Agency]

[Text appears: PILOT Principal Investigator Jean-Philippe Bernard (IRAP), PILOT Project Manager Muriel Saccoccio (CNES), Head of Gondola manager Nicholas Bray (CNES), Head of Instrument manager Christophe Marty (IRAP), CNES Astronomy Programme Coordinator Olivier La Marle (CNES)]

[Text appears: All Rights Reserved 2016 – CNES/Prodigima Films]