High Altitude Balloon Launch!

Fresh off the incredible Apollo 50^th Anniversary, our
Back to Space Ambassadors are excited to share with you our next event! On
August 10^th in Southern California, we will be launching a
high-altitude balloon with collect weather data, GoPro footage, and much more.

              Headed up by Ambassador Krystal Horton, our team will be traveling to California on August 9^th to begin prep for the launch the following day. Krystal has just finished building the stabilization equipment mount (stay tuned for her tutorial video) that will hold our cameras and gear during the entire flight! Filled with helium, the balloon has a maximum altitude of around 95,000 feet, but with our payload we expect it to climb to 80,000. At that height the balloon will be well into the stratosphere and thousands of feet above the ozone layer allowing us to capture incredible footage of the earth and its atmosphere such as these:

Once the balloon has finally popped,
there will be a small parachute that allows it to glide down at about twice the
rate it ascended. Our team will then track down the balloon using the GPS
system attached, collect our data and footage, and share it with you!

As we get closer to the event, the
ambassadors be sharing more details on the balloon and everything else being
launched. Stay tuned as there will be ways you can contribute regardless of
location! However, if you are in the Southern California region and would like
to join us as we launch the balloon, feel free to reach out so we can give you
more specific details on where we will be; we’d love to have you!

Originally Posted: https://backtospaceambassadors.wordpress.com/2019/07/23/high-altitude-balloon-launch/