How Students Livestreamed the Solar Eclipse from Near Space to NASA’s Website
The United States experienced a total solar eclipse on 21st August 2017 for the first time since 1918, with the path of totality across the entire continental United States. About 20 million people (a conservative estimate) watched from the path, and according to NASA, 40 million people watched the live eclipse broadcast on its website and […]
MSU Presents Early Results of Solar Eclipse Ballooning Project
During the August 2017 total solar eclipse, the planetary boundary layer—also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) —sank to roughly 2,500 feet, according to Angela Des Jardins, principal investigator of the Eclipse Ballooning Project. Des Jardins, who is also director of the Montana Space Grant Consortium, was one of five scientists on a panel […]
NASA Seeks Student Experiments for Edge-of-Space Balloon Flight
NASA is accepting applications now through Dec. 16 from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon. Students and professors interested in applying are invited to participate in a Nov. 11 teleconference. Scientific balloon– High-Altitude Student Platform Payload. Credits: NASA/Alan Haggard Up to 12 student teams […]
Student Experiments Flying High Over New Mexico
Students launched an 11.8 million-cubic-foot scientific balloon (about the size of 58 blimps) carrying a total payload of one ton over New Mexico on September 1. The balloon carried 12 student experiments to the near-space environment and flew at an operational altitude of 120,000 feet on a mission that lasted several hours. Some students from […]
