Balloon update from Fort Sumner, New Mexico: The fifth flight for the fall campaign, the High-Altitude Student Platform 1 (HASP 1.0) launched at 9:54 a.m. EDT (7:54 a.m. MDT) and is currently at float at around 123,000 ft.
Track the balloon here:
Update! EXCITE is back on the ground. The scientific balloon team can now start the process of recovering the telescope, and the EXCITE team can start analyzing the results of their test flight.
Follow along with the rest of the fall balloon campaign!
The Exoplanet Climate Infrared Telescope (EXCITE) scientific balloon mission launched today, Aug. 31 at 9:22 EDT (7:22 MDT) from Fort Sumner, New Mexico, and has reached its float altitude of 130,000 feet!
Keep track of the balloon’s location here:
This discovery took Endurance!
First hypothesized more than 60 years ago, the existence of the global electric field extending Earth’s atmosphere to space has been confirmed by NASA’s Endurance sounding rocket mission.
The EXCITE scientific balloon mission is ready to fly!
It’s awaiting launch opportunities during the fall campaign in Fort Sumner, NM, which runs through mid-October.
Check out the rest of the lineup:
Our balloon team is back in Fort Sumner, New Mexico preparing to launch eight balloon flights for their fall campaign.
These flights will support 16 missions including investigations for
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Rocket launches… very mindful, less demure.
On Aug. 13 at 6:00 a.m. EDT, a sounding rocket carrying student experiments for the RockSat-X mission successfully launched from Wallops! The payload was recovered & experiments returned to the student teams for analysis.
Liftoff! 🚀
A sounding rocket launched at 6:00 a.m. EDT from Wallops carrying student experiments for the RockSat-X mission!
Did you see the rocket? Share your pictures below!
Find the best spot to watch Tuesday’s launch! 🚀
Here are some of the best public spots on the Atlantic coast.
Remember to tune in to our livestream to follow along with the launch countdown:
Set your reminder! 🚨🚀
Tuesday’s launch of the RockSat-X mission will be livestreamed. The launch window opens at 6:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 13 and launch commentary will begin about 15 minutes before.
Watch here:
Launches from Wallops rock! 🚀
On Tuesday, Aug. 13, a NASA sounding rocket will carry student experiments to suborbital space as a part of NASA’s RockSat program. The launch window will open at 6:00 a.m. EDT, and our livestream will begin 15 minutes before.