.NASA's Scientific Balloon Course's fifth balloon mission of the 2024 autumn initiative took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the company's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Student System) purpose continued to be in tour over 11 hours before it safely and securely touched down. Recovery is underway.HASP is actually a relationship amongst the Louisiana Space Give Range, the Astrophysics Division of NASA's Scientific research Objective Directorate, and also the agency's Balloon Plan Office and also Columbia Scientific Balloon Amenities. The HASP system supports around 12 student-built payloads and is actually designed to trip exam sleek satellites, models, as well as other small experiments. Since 2006, HASP has involved much more than 1,600 undergraduate as well as college students associated with the goals.Crews joining the 2024 HASP 1.0 flight featured: University of North Fla and also University of North Dakota Arizona Condition University Louisiana Condition College University of Colorado Rock University of the Canyons Fort Lewis College Capitol Technical College Educational Institution of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) and also McMaster College (Canada).A brand-new, bigger model of the High-Altitude Pupil System (HASP 2.0) had its own design exam tour a few times prior. HASP 2.0 will be able to accommodate twice as a lot of pupil practices as HASP 1.0 the moment working in the next year.The continuing to be three balloon flights planned for the 2024 Ft Sumner drop campaign await next launch possibilities. To trail the missions, visit NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Center web site for real-time updates on balloons heights and also GPS locations throughout tour.For additional information on NASA's Scientific Balloon Program, browse through:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.