.NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's 5th balloon mission of the 2024 loss project flew Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the company's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The HASP 1.0 (High-Altitude Trainee Platform) objective stayed in flight over 11 hours before it carefully touched down. Recovery is actually underway.HASP is actually an alliance amongst the Louisiana Area Grant Consortium, the Astrophysics Division of NASA's Scientific research Goal Directorate, as well as the agency's Balloon Program Workplace and Columbia Scientific Balloon Center. The HASP platform assists approximately 12 student-built hauls as well as is actually designed to air travel examination sleek satellites, prototypes, and various other little experiments. Because 2006, HASP has engaged much more than 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students involved in the goals.Teams joining the 2024 HASP 1.0 tour consisted of: University of North Fla and Educational Institution of North Dakota Arizona Condition Educational Institution Louisiana Condition University University of Colorado Rock College of the Canyons Fortress Lewis College Capitol Technical University College of Arizona Universidad Nacional de Ingenieru00eda (Peru) and also McMaster Educational Institution (Canada).A brand-new, bigger model of the High-Altitude Student System (HASP 2.0) had its own design test air travel a few times prior. HASP 2.0 will manage to accommodate twice as many trainee experiments as HASP 1.0 the moment working in the upcoming year.The continuing to be 3 balloon tours scheduled for the 2024 Fortress Sumner drop project wait for next launch options. To tail the missions, see NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility site for real-time updates on balloons heights and also general practitioners sites in the course of air travel.For additional information on NASA's Scientific Balloon Plan, visit:.https://www.nasa.gov/scientificballoons.