Friday, August 17, 2012

Week 5- Launching our Near Space Balloon....
         The week we have been looking forward all summer is finally here. We spent the first couple of days working on putting to gather the payloads and finalizing all the components that went into them. Tuesday night was by far the longest workday yet where Jay and I, along with Jean, Nate and  Kamen were in the College of Arts and Sciences until 11pm making sure that everything was a go for the next day.



         The balloon launch itself was a total blast. Although it took us about 1 hour to assemble the balloon and fill it with helium the anticipation was definitely worth it. Below you will find pictures of the team working on the balloon and payloads right before launching it.


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