Student-built rocket breaks space altitude record
College kids at the University of Southern California (USC) blasted above an international altitude record ... Space ...
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The Evolution of High-Altitude Exploration
In the late 1940s, the notion of space travel remained squarely in ... Browse a gallery of the U.S. Air Force's high-altitude balloon experiments and the researchers, scientists, and test pilots ...
‘NASA’s 18.8-million-foot giant’: Super balloon to hunt winds, quakes, and space secrets
NASA’s 18.8-million-cubic-foot super balloon will soar at 110,000 feet, tracking winds, quakes, and atmospheric ...
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High-Altitude Balloon Innovation
In the years since then, balloon flight technology has evolved from cloth balloons and open baskets to polyethylene balloons and metal pressurized gondolas that allow for high-altitude atmospheric ...
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A Lightweight Balloon Tracker For High Altitude Missions
We’ve featured other projects in this vein, too. Meanwhile, if you’re developing something new in the high-altitude ballooning space, you could keep it to yourself. Or, alternatively ...
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High Altitude Student Payload (HASP)
We will test sensor operation and mode switching capability, thermal protection efficacy, RF communication and power system functionality in a near-space environment, launching from Ft. Sumner, New ...