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On high approach, very high approach.
The Away 135 balloon platform looking down at the landing site just after balloon burst.
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On descend Away 135 the parachute had a serious entanglement with remains of the balloon. There's an easy fix, make the balloon line longer. However, it makes the launch more difficult & rougher on the payload. On this flight the payload needs won out. It did land safe & sound.
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Away 135 seeing its own shadow moments before touchdown.
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Balloon burst aboard Away 135. Time for a Mach 1 fall in near vacuum then parachute to Earth.
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There are mornings and then there are mornings.
103,000 feet aboard Away 135.
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Unleashing the beast.
Weights in the upper pockets press down on the balloon. This keeps the bag in place while the tear panel is pulled. It holds for a moment then the upper & lower weights rapidly pull the bag away from the balloon. We adjust the weights for wind conditions.
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This was the view when we finally made it back to the road after we recovered the last balloon.
The high Sierra is a magical place.
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A gorgeous day at the edge of space.
Balloon burst at just over 103,000 feet. This is on board Away 135.
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The flight of Away 133. The data for this comes from the on board data logger. We then convert it to a kml file and open it in Google Earth.
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Looking up at Away 135's balloon at 103,000 ft. The balloon is 60 feet in diameter when it bursts. The burst is part of the process. It's how we get down. Lots of planning goes into the burst, the amount of helium, weight of the vehicle, the desired altitude & climb rate & more.
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