Comments on: Other Launches

By: Joe Space Tourist

Joe Space Tourist — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:38:23 +0000

Here's another one: this weekend, a couple people and I launched a laptop in a styrofoam cooler attached to a weather balloon for a high-school project. We launched an entire laptop because we wanted to transmit images to the ground along with the GPS data! The balloon turned out to be leaky, so we only got a few hundred feet up before it came back down, but not before we transmitted some incredible images from a laptop drifting across the sky. Methods and details here: http://www.joespacetourist.com/2010/01/near-space-photography-attempts-1-and-2.html

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:23:42 +0000

You should launch a glider (as mentioned above) with a digital camera to get cleaner return footage. This guy wants to launch a paper airplane from space.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:48:17 +0000

This is pretty fantastic, guys. I think I’d like to give this a shot with a few buddies of mine, but I can’t figure out how you tracked altitude. Does the GPS also transmit that data as well?

By: Devin Gaffney

Devin Gaffney — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:42:11 +0000

We also did a project like this back in May; we used an arduino with a gps shield to control a cell phone, which then texted the coordinates to Twitter. We didn’t like the data we received, so we never even looked for it; you can read up on ours at http://devingaffney.com/gps-balloon. All the directions, step for step, are outlined there, with pictures and links to all of our code and hardware used.

By: HankyPanky

HankyPanky — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:07:47 +0000

Adler Planetarium launched a Peep into near space. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygpYWzKGN6c Peep training: http://svl.adlerplanetarium.org/astropeep/

By: SDM

SDM — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:54:05 +0000

Nice pics guys! We also have been doing something like this with CosmoCam. Just flew in NM two weeks ago with live video during flight. You should apply for a spot on next years HASP mission…

By: Seb

Seb — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:49:49 +0000

You forgot J. Powell and his JP Aerospace: http://www.jpaerospace.com/

By: Mark Conner

Mark Conner — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:02:11 +0000

There are many groups around the country (and indeed the world) doing this with Amateur Radio. See http://www.arhab.org for a list. While many groups have spent hundreds or thousands of dollars on equipment, some very capable experimentation can be done on a “beer budget”. Kudos for executing a simple yet very successful mission.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:25:55 +0000

The Hackerbot Labs guys in Seattle did a launch and took photos a while back also-- http://www.hackerbotlabs.com/2009/06/to-the-edge-of-space-and-back/

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:21:32 +0000

Nicely done. Having been a part of several private launches, I can attest to the education and accomplishment that these students must feel. Well done!

http://www.hapb.net – High Altitude Photographic Balloon