Getting Involved ...
Our team will work with WV students and educators across the state to enable broad participation in our high-altitude flights. Our NASA-like missions provide all students with experiential learning opportunities in mechanical engineering, programming, electronics, cybersecurity, project management, team building. Our flight systems use innovative balloon systems to live stream video, observe in situ perturbations in atmospheric phenomena, and conduct individually designed experiments.
Educator Resources ...
Participate in plant research ...
One of the payloads flying on board every flight (even test flights) is a payload carrying seeds (radish seeds). These seeds ware exposed to the stratosphere and all the radiation that comes from being higher in altitude. You and your students have a chance to request seeds, along with control seeds and grow them to study what the effects are on seeds that have been exposed to upper stratosphere. Send an email requesting seeds.
Future Flights will Explore ...
Balloon material research to enable mesosphere flights
Artificial intelligence payloads to avoid hazardous landing sites
Artificial intelligence flight systems to return payloads to launch sites
Microplastics research
Object recognition for navigation purposes
Attitude control technology
Venting and floating at various altitudes
Autonomous launching of balloon system
Ocean flights
Flights around globe
Cybersecurity payloads
Inflight rendezvous and docking with other balloon systems