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alanh_7
This is pretty amazing.
The Quest For Stars Student program was able to launch their Robonaut 1 home built camera platform in time to catch the launch of STS-133 from 70,000 feet or more.
Listed under "See Our Work" on their website is some pretty amazing video can be found from the edge of space.
Robert Pearlman
quote:Originally posted by alanh_7: Listed under "See Our Work" on their website is some pretty amazing video can be found from the edge of space.
Note that for now, that edge of space video is from an earlier balloon flight. The footage from STS-133 has yet to be released -- with the exception of this, which shows when the balloon popped and Robonaut-1 began its free fall...
alanh_7
My apologies. I saw the video clips from the edge of space on an online news website, not their website.
Robert Pearlman
Challenger Center for Space Science Education release
Educational Balloon Provides Space Shuttle Launch Images and Video from Over 110,000 Feet
Last week a balloon with a student-oriented payload shot high resolution photos and video from an altitude of over 110,000 feet of Space Shuttle Discovery as it climbed into space.
These images and video were released today as part of a mission report provided by Quest for Stars representative Bobby Russell at the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (NSRC) at the University of Central Florida.
Co-sponsored by Challenger Center for Space Science Education, this mission, dubbed "Robonaut-1", is one in a series of flights conducted by Quest for Stars, a California-based non-profit educational organization that uses off-the-shelf hardware and a little ingenuity to allow students to place experiments at the edge of space at exceptionally low cost.
Quest for Stars and Challenger Center for Space Science Education have now joined together to promote the use of these low cost delivery systems. This mission was the first of what is hoped to be many future collaborations.
A helium-filled balloon carrying the "Robonaut-1" payload was launched at 3:50 p.m. EST on Thursday, 24 February 2011 from Chiefland, Florida, so as to be in position for Discovery's supersonic transit of the stratosphere.
The balloon rose rapidly at a rate of over 1,000 feet per minute to an altitude of at least 110,000 feet. The altitude may have been higher but the onboard GPS temporarily suspended operations due to the balloon's speed and extreme altitude. After accomplishing its mission, the balloon burst and the payload descended by parachute. A recovery team retrieved the payload and downloaded its data and imagery.
The payload onboard Robonaut-1 was comprised of two Motorola Droid X smartphones (with cameras), multiple GoPro Hero Motorsport still cameras, and several High Definition video cameras. In addition, the payload contained a Motorola i290 mobile phone and a Garmin eTrex GPS system that is connected to a ham radio transmitter. This payload was designed to have multiple means of communication for backup purposes.
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