Poster Presentation

Learning to Fly: Initial Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning

Authors: Dalton Warren (Bluegrass Community and Technical College) , Angel Smith (Bluegrass Community and Technical College) , Joe Maciag (Bluegrass Community and Technical College) , Sara Stewart (Bluegrass Community and Technical College) , Tracy Knowles (Bluegrass Community and Technical College)

Abstract

The Bluegrass Community and Technical College’s (BCTC) Balloon Sat Project trained students and faculty to design, build, and fly balloon-borne atmospheric data collection payloads. Students and faculty attended NASA’s Balloon Sat four day workshop and balloon launch at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. During the Spring 2015 semester, the student team launched two balloons with sensors on board that measured atmospheric temperature, pressure, altitude, humidity, and carbon dioxide concentrations.

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How to Cite: Warren, D. , Smith, A. , Maciag, J. , Stewart, S. & Knowles, T. (2015) “Learning to Fly: Initial Experiments in High Altitude Ballooning”, Academic High Altitude Conference. 2015(1). doi: https://doi.org//ahac.8168