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Our balloon flight has been just launched, going up, up, and away due East!
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名媛直播 Eclipse Ballooning team members are watching the spectacular phenomena of the Universe during the total solar eclipse day, momentarily pausing their balloon flight tracking mission.
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Tethered balloon launch practice on the 名媛直播 campus on March 13, 2024
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On May, 30, 2017, the 名媛直播 team successfully developed a multi-camera video streaming payload to all 360 degree of viewing angles. This new payload currently operates with 6 cameras and transmits on the 2.5 GHz ISM band.
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In July of 2016, three team members and the faculty advisor Dr. Wookwon Lee traveled to Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana to participate in a workshop sponsored by their ballooning team and NASA. This workshop provided the means to build the ground station and payloads that will be used for the total solar eclipse in August 2017. The tracking system, live streaming video, and still image cameras were provided, but the team members assembled and tested each component before bringing it back to 名媛直播. The successful building and understanding of these components is vital to reaching the goal of capturing the solar eclipse.
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The 名媛直播 High Altitude Ballooning team traveled to Harrisburg in April 2017 to present our project poster to politicians at the capitol. Presenting the project to people who don't necessarily have a degree in the sciences poses a different challenge to the students. Although the project didn't win an award at this conference, the team learned important skills about communication.
The team members presented our poster to a panel of judges at Gannon University. This experience brought the team additional skills in communication and presentation skills to people that may or may not have a science or engineering background.
