Purpose of the flight and payload description
The main purpose of the flight was to perform a technology demonstration to validate several systems developed at the Columbia Balloon Scientific Facility, under supervision of Robert Salter acting as principal investigator. As an additional cargo flown as mission of opportunity were included several pyggyback payloads including as mission of opportunity the module of the CUBES IN SPACE program: an international educational initiative for students aged 11 to 18 that teaches them how to design STEM -science, technology, engineering and mathematics- experiments and provide a platform to conduct those experiments in near-space. More than 100 experiments were hosted together in a specially built module that was attached to one of the sides of the gondola.
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 8/21/2025 at 14:28 UTC
Launch site: Scientific Flight Balloon Facility, Fort Sumner, (NM), US
Balloon launched by: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven Aerostar 4.000.000 cuft
Flight identification number: 752NT
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/21/2025 at 20:30 UTC (L)
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 h 4 m
External references
Images of the mission
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