.NASA's Scientific Balloon System's fifth balloon purpose of the 2024 fall initiative took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, coming from the organization's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Ft Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student System) purpose remained in tour over 11 hrs just before it carefully touched down. Rehabilitation is actually underway.HASP is actually a collaboration among the Louisiana Area Give Consortium, the Astrophysics Branch of NASA's Scientific research Purpose Directorate, and the organization's Balloon System Office and also Columbia Scientific Balloon Establishment. The HASP system assists up to 12 student-built hauls and also is actually designed to flight test compact satellites, prototypes, as well as other tiny practices. Due to the fact that 2006, HASP has involved more than 1,600 undergraduate and also college students associated with the objectives.Groups participating in the 2024 HASP 1.0 tour featured: College of North Florida and Educational Institution of North Dakota Arizona Condition University Louisiana Condition Educational Institution College of Colorado Stone University of the Canyons Ft Lewis College Capitol Building Technical University College of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) and McMaster College (Canada).A brand new, larger model of the High-Altitude Student System (HASP 2.0) possessed its own engineering examination tour a handful of times prior. HASP 2.0 is going to have the ability to suit twice as numerous pupil experiments as HASP 1.0 the moment operational in the next year.The staying 3 balloon flights planned for the 2024 Ft Sumner drop project wait for upcoming launch chances. To tail the purposes, visit NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Establishment web site for real-time updates on balloons altitudes and GPS sites throughout air travel.For additional information on NASA's Scientific Balloon System, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.