A high altitude balloon (HAB) is generally a weather balloon. They're big and normally white, filled with helium or hydrogen and is able to float up to 50 km, all the way to the edge of space! HABs normally carry payloads such as cameras for hobbyist photography or sensors and experimental kits to conduct researches. The journey up to the stratosphere offers mesmerising photos of the Earth's horiz
on (like our profile picture). The unique thing about the journey up is that the temperature in the stratosphere actually increases as the altitude increases, which does not happen anywhere else on Earth! Going through temperatures as low as -40 degress Celcius, pressures as low as 0.001 atm, and micro gravity, HABs allow scientists to conduct experiments that cannot be conducted on the Earth's surface! The HAB Project has been a project for ESA 481 Spacecraft Design course since 2013/2014. The course is an elective subject offered under USM's Aerospace Engineering Bachelor's Degree. Then, we have participated in Global Space Balloon Challenge in 2015 and 2017. We have won The best Educational Initiative Prize in GSBC 2017. Our passed mission :
1. Friday, 24 May 2013, 9.00 a.m - Failed
2. Thursday, 8 May 2014, 9.00 a.m – retrieved
3. Thursday, 7 August 2014, 9.00 - retrieved
4. Tuesday, 9 Dec 2014, 9.00 – retrieved
5. Thursday, 18 Dec 2014, 9.00 a.m – Failed
6. Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 6.00 a.m – retrieved
7. Saturday, 30 July 2016, 10.00 a.m – retrieved
8. Tuesday, 23 May 2017, 10.00 a.m - Failed
9. Monday, 28 August 2017, 10.00 a.m - retrieved
with 66.7% of success, we are looking forward to launch more excite experiments.Come support us! LIKE us and stay tuned to find out how you can be part of this historical event as well! =)
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