near-space balloon Archives

Space Flight Live Tracker Apps now on GitHub

On: January 18, 2012

In: Featured, Indy Science and Hacks, Mobile Apps, News and Updates

a pair of open-source iPhone applications for tracking the flight of high-altitude latex meteorological sounding balloons and in-field prediction of flight path and landing location.Read More →

Near-Space Balloon Footage from 100,000 ft

On: November 29, 2011

In: Indy Science and Hacks, Mobile Apps, News and Updates

Here’s a little 3 minute teaser of the HD Footage recovered from the camera we launched in August. Over the course of an hour and a half it rose to over 100,000 feet above sea level (the area known as …

Balloon Capsule 1 Retrieved – First Photos!

On: November 28, 2011

In: Indy Science and Hacks, Mobile Apps, News and Updates

With the help of a local farmer in Newton, ON we were able to recover the balloon capsule, including all the data and video!

Someone Found The Space Balloon!

On: November 15, 2011

In: Indy Science and Hacks, Mobile Apps, News and Updates

I got a call this morning from a blocked number. I normally don’t even answer these but for some reason I decided to answer it. The call turned out to be from a very kind gentleman near Millbank, who told …

RocketHub Request For Balloon Launch 2

On: September 18, 2011

In: Indy Science and Hacks, News and Updates

I’ve created a RocketHub project to raise funds for the next launch of our balloon. Reaching out to colleagues, friends, and family with this ole’ link