.NASA's Scientific Balloon System's 5th balloon objective of the 2024 autumn project flew Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, coming from the agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Location in Fortress Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student Platform) objective remained in flight over 11 hrs just before it safely touched down. Rehabilitation is actually underway.HASP is an alliance among the Louisiana Room Grant Range, the Astrophysics Branch of NASA's Science Objective Directorate, as well as the firm's Balloon System Office as well as Columbia Scientific Balloon Establishment. The HASP platform supports around 12 student-built hauls and also is actually made to air travel examination small satellites, models, and also other tiny experiments. Because 2006, HASP has actually involved much more than 1,600 undergraduate as well as graduate students involved in the purposes.Groups taking part in the 2024 HASP 1.0 flight consisted of: Educational institution of North Fla and Educational Institution of North Dakota Arizona State College Louisiana Condition College College of Colorado Boulder University of the Canyons Fort Lewis College Capitol Building Technical University College of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) and also McMaster Educational Institution (Canada).A brand new, bigger version of the High-Altitude Pupil Platform (HASP 2.0) possessed its own design exam air travel a handful of times prior. HASP 2.0 is going to have the capacity to fit two times as lots of student practices as HASP 1.0 once operational in the next year.The staying three balloon trips planned for the 2024 Ft Sumner drop campaign await next launch chances. To tail the objectives, check out NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Center website for real-time updates on balloons heights as well as GPS areas throughout trip.For additional information on NASA's Scientific Balloon System, see:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.