This flight was flown in honor of EOSS founding member Rick von Glahn, NØKKZ(SK). The flight beacons indicated, "In Memory NØKKZ(SK)EOSS Ultimate Prognosticator" throughout the flight.
A 3000g balloon was launched from Deer Trail on Saturday May 30 at 0632 MDT carrying an glider experiment for NOAA Boulder. As planned, the balloon was cut down at 93,396 feet and landed at 0818.
Submitted by Marty Griffin on Thu, 03/12/2020 - 13:01
Norm Black has put together a flight video summary of the NDIA STEM Edge of Space Mission at https://youtu.be/ykuFqg89vKc . There is also a slide show posted here, showing pictures taken every 10 seconds during the flight. The slide show takes about nine minutes to view.
A single 3000g balloon launched around 7:35am in cold (10 degree) weather. The balloon landed (in some powerlines....) approximately 25 miles south of Yuma Colorado.
EOSS-292 with four University of Colorado Space Grant payloads and a University of CO ADS-B beacon under development totaling 8.27 pounds, three GPS-equipped radio beacons, and a 12-foot Rocketman parachute were launched on a 3000 gram balloon from the Limon, CO launch site (N39° 14.16', 104° 4.517') at an elevation of 5,388 feet at 07:39:10 AM MDT on July 27, 2019.The last packet received before balloon burst was at 9:
Submitted by Tom Londrigan (... on Thu, 05/30/2019 - 11:17
EOSS-290 with the KCØRPS Geiger counter module, a KCØD APRS radio beacon on a qualification flight, and KE7KCK's GoPro camera weighting a total of 2.71 pounds along with two GPS-equipped radio beacons, and a 10 ft. Rocketman parachute were launched on a 1200 gram balloon from the Pella High School athletic fields in Pella, Iowa (N41° 23.658', W92° 53.328) at an elevation of 855 feet at 08:14:07 AM on June 15, 2019. The last packet received before balloon burst was at 9:50 AM at an altitude of 99,778 ft.