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On the evening of Saturday October 24, 2009, following recovery of USI's high altitude balloon system late that afternoon, I posted a screen capture of the moment of burst on CNN's www.ireport.com, with a few lines of explanation.

I had recalled that a small group from MIT had posted images a month and a half earlier on ireport of their low cost, high risk balloon flight, which resulted in a lot of publicity. Because we didn't have a still camera on board, w… Continue

With a fortuitous two hour break in a steady rain, USI's fall 2009 High Altitude Ballooning team began rollout for a tethered test of their balloon system this past Thursday October 8 at noon. The test was meant to exercise the team in the runup to the planned flight on Saturday October 24.

This is the first high altitude ballooning experience for all of the student team members, and they coped brilliantly with the challenges of filling the balloon, preparing sample experiment pods and monitori… Continue

Check out the high altitude ballooning program at Cambridge University, England. It's called CU Spaceflight.