Sometime in the next week or so we will fly another payload package with a high altitude weather balloon. As with the first flight the payload will consist of GPS for tracking online, and 3 [...]
Plans are underway for another balloon flight. We got some incredible images and video however we did have some problems. The Canon camera with the fish-eye lens stopped working for about an hour [...]
The balloon was recovered about a half mile west of State Highway Y in a field off of 215th street. This picture from 94,021 feet shows an area stretching from Hillsdale Lake to the west (left [...]
These are frames from the HD camera video. You can clearly see the curve of the Earth, how thin the atmosphere is, and a few recognizable surface features. I think the lake on the right is [...]
Today was the day and to say things came together is an understatement. We learned from what happened on Saturday and as you can see from the pictures we had a very secure method for inflating [...]
The payload was successfully recovered this afternoon!! It landed in a mowed field about 50 yards off the road making it easy to find. The payload is now hanging on display in the atrium of the [...]
Still waiting to hear about the payload. Estimates of the last GPS data suggest the payload hit the ground at approximately 23 miles per hour. Fast but survivable. More news to come.
