{"id":11649,"date":"2015-10-26T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11649"},"modified":"2015-10-26T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T17:11:06","slug":"nasa-invites-applications-for-student-experiments-to-fly-on-high-alt-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11649","title":{"rendered":"NASA invites applications for student experiments to fly on high-alt balloon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are up to 12 slots available for college student\u00a0experiments on a NASA high altitude balloon flight:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/nasa-seeks-student-experiments-for-edge-of-space-balloon-flight\" target=\"_d\">NASA Seeks Student Experiments for Edge-of-Space Balloon Flight<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly their science and technology experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon mission.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_11650\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11650\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hasp-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11650\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=11650\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hasp-11.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"985,740\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hasp-1[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hasp-11.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-11650\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hasp-11.jpg\" alt=\"hasp-1[1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hasp-11.jpg 985w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/hasp-11-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11650\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Graduate and undergraduate university students are invited to compete for the opportunity to fly experiments to the edge of space aboard a high-altitude scientific balloon. Credits: NASA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>NASA is planning for a fall 2016 launch for the next High Altitude Student Platform (<a href=\"http:\/\/laspace.lsu.edu\/hasp\" target=\"_blank\">HASP<\/a>) mission, a joint project between NASA and the Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE) in Baton Rouge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredibly rewarding to support the students flying these experiments, many of whom are getting their first real taste of hands-on engineering and science,\u201d said Debbie Fairbrother, chief of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/scientificballoons\" target=\"_blank\">NASA\u2019s Balloon Program Office<\/a>. \u201cPrograms like HASP are key to educating, training, and inspiring the next generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A panel of experts from NASA&#8217;s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, and LaSPACE will review the applications and select the finalists for the 2016 flight opportunity. The deadline for applications is Dec. 18. A question-and-answer teleconference for interested applicants is scheduled for Nov. 13.\u00a0Interested school teams should contact Greg Guzik at <a href=\"mailto:guzik@phunds.phys.lsu.edu\">guzik@phunds.phys.lsu.edu<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>HASP can support up to 12 student-built payloads. It houses and provides power, mechanical support, interfacing, data downlink and command uplink communications for the instruments.\u00a0Launched from NASA\u2019s balloon launch facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, flights typically last 12 to 15 hours, flying at an altitude of approximately 23 miles.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s scientific balloons offer low-cost, near-space access for payloads weighing up to 8,000 pounds to conduct technology demonstration tests as well as scientific investigations in fields such as astrophysics, heliophysics and atmospheric research. Depending on the goals and objectives of a specific mission, balloon flight durations can run hours to multiple days or weeks for longer-term tests and data collection.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2006, the HASP program has selected more than 110 payloads for flights, involving more than 800 students from across the United States.\u00a0Past student groups have flown instruments to flight test compact satellites and prototype long-range communication devices, perform space science experiments, sample particles at the edge of space, perform remote sensing experimentation, test rocket nozzles, and measure infrasound to correlate with geophysical events.<\/p>\n<p>For information about NASA&#8217;s education programs, visit:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/education\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/education<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are up to 12 slots available for college student\u00a0experiments on a NASA high altitude balloon flight: NASA Seeks Student Experiments for Edge-of-Space Balloon Flight NASA is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly their science and technology experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon mission. NASA is planning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11649\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NASA invites applications for student experiments to fly on high-alt balloon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,25,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-near-space","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-31T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13492,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13492","url_meta":{"origin":11649,"position":0},"title":"Cubes in Space: Sending middle\/high school student experiments to space","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Cubes in Space\u00a0is a program to provide opportunities for students age 11 to 18 to design and build experiments that will be launched into space and near-space: Cubes in Space\u2122 is the only program in the world to provide students (ages 11-18) with a free opportunity to design experiments to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Amateur\/Student Satellite&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Amateur\/Student Satellite","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"2016-cis-launch","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-CiS-Launch-1024x645.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10596,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10596","url_meta":{"origin":11649,"position":1},"title":"HASP (High Altitude Student Payload) brought back near space infrasound","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0High Altitude Student Payload (HASP)\u00a0is a high altitude balloon system designed to carry up to twelve student payloads to an altitude of about 36 kilometers with flight durations of 15 to 20 hours using a small volume, zero pressure balloon.\u00a0 It is anticipated that the payloads carried by HASP will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=22"},"img":{"alt_text":"Img_1384_500x667","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Img_1384_500x667.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11526,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11526","url_meta":{"origin":11649,"position":2},"title":"New book on using the Mini-Cube for STEM now in paperback","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I've posted here many times\u00a0about JP Aerospace, which has been flying high altitude balloons and airships for over 30 years. 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