.NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's fifth balloon objective of the 2024 fall project flew Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform) goal continued to be in flight over 11 hrs before it safely and securely touched down. Recovery is underway.HASP is a partnership one of the Louisiana Space Give Consortium, the Astrophysics Branch of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and the company's Balloon Program Workplace and also Columbia Scientific Balloon Amenities. The HASP platform supports around 12 student-built hauls as well as is created to tour test compact gpses, models, as well as various other small practices. Considering that 2006, HASP has actually interacted more than 1,600 undergraduate and also graduate students associated with the purposes.Crews taking part in the 2024 HASP 1.0 trip featured: Educational institution of North Fla and also Educational Institution of North Dakota Arizona State Educational Institution Louisiana Condition College University of Colorado Stone College of the Canyons Fort Lewis University Capitol Building Technical University Educational Institution of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) and also McMaster University (Canada).A brand new, bigger model of the High-Altitude Student System (HASP 2.0) had its own design exam tour a few times prior. HASP 2.0 will definitely have the capacity to accommodate two times as a lot of student experiments as HASP 1.0 the moment operational in the following year.The staying three balloon flights booked for the 2024 Fort Sumner drop campaign await next launch options. To track the missions, go to NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Amenities web site for real-time updates on balloons altitudes and also general practitioners sites in the course of tour.To find out more on NASA's Scientific Balloon Program, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.