.NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's fifth balloon mission of the 2024 loss project took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, coming from the company's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fortress Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Pupil Platform) mission stayed in flight over 11 hours just before it properly touched down. Recuperation is actually underway.HASP is actually a collaboration among the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium, the Astrophysics Branch of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and the organization's Balloon System Office as well as Columbia Scientific Balloon Establishment. The HASP system supports around 12 student-built payloads and also is designed to flight test portable satellites, prototypes, as well as various other small practices. Due to the fact that 2006, HASP has engaged greater than 1,600 undergraduate and college students associated with the missions.Teams taking part in the 2024 HASP 1.0 trip featured: Educational institution of North Fla and College of North Dakota Arizona State Educational Institution Louisiana Condition College College of Colorado Boulder College of the Canyons Fort Lewis College Capitol Technical University College of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) and McMaster Educational Institution (Canada).A brand new, much larger model of the High-Altitude Student System (HASP 2.0) had its design exam tour a few times prior. HASP 2.0 will have the ability to fit two times as a lot of student experiments as HASP 1.0 when functional in the following year.The continuing to be three balloon flights arranged for the 2024 Ft Sumner drop initiative wait for upcoming launch opportunities. To track the missions, go to NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Center web site for real-time updates on balloons elevations and also family doctors locations during tour.For additional information on NASA's Scientific Balloon Program, check out:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.