.NASA's Scientific Balloon Course's fifth balloon purpose of the 2024 fall project took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Resource in Fortress Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Pupil System) purpose remained in flight over 11 hours prior to it carefully touched down. Rehabilitation is underway.HASP is actually an alliance one of the Louisiana Area Grant Consortium, the Astrophysics Department of NASA's Scientific research Mission Directorate, as well as the firm's Balloon System Workplace and Columbia Scientific Balloon Establishment. The HASP system sustains up to 12 student-built payloads as well as is created to flight test small gpses, models, and various other little experiments. Since 2006, HASP has actually involved greater than 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students involved in the goals.Crews taking part in the 2024 HASP 1.0 tour featured: University of North Fla and Educational Institution of North Dakota Arizona State University Louisiana Condition Educational Institution University of Colorado Boulder College of the Canyons Fortress Lewis College Capitol Technical College Educational Institution of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) as well as McMaster University (Canada).A new, larger version of the High-Altitude Student Platform (HASP 2.0) possessed its engineering test trip a handful of days prior. HASP 2.0 will have the capacity to suit twice as several pupil experiments as HASP 1.0 as soon as operational in the following year.The staying three balloon tours booked for the 2024 Ft Sumner fall campaign await following launch opportunities. To track the goals, browse through NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Establishment site for real-time updates on balloons heights and GPS places during the course of tour.To learn more on NASA's Scientific Balloon System, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.