Purpose of the flight and payload description
The flight was sponsored by NASA's Flight Opportunities program under the TechRise Student Challenge that gives student teams a chance to design and build science and technology experiments for flight on balloons, enabling them to collect data on a variety of space exploration and Earth observation experiments in areas such as remote sensing, climate, and human health to name a few.
This flight hosted experiments from students from 20 middle and high schools of the United States. One of the experiments from Dickson Middle School in Tennessee examined the effect of solar radiation on synthetic skin samples and the efficacy of various types of sunblock. It was aimed to obtain factual data to consider how to prevent skin damage in the upper atmosphere. Another experiment called AMONGUS (Atmospheric Measurement of Noxious Gases Using Sensors) that was developed by Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, New York, used sensors and image data to research the effect of greenhouse gases on climate change.
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 6/14/2023 at 12:49 utc
Launch site: Hurley, South Dakota, US
Balloon launched by: Aerostar
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
Flight identification number: HBAL630
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/12/2023 at 20:10 utc (L)
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 7 h 20 m
Landing site: 6 km south of Alcester, South Dakota, US
Ndege hiyo ilifadhiliwa na mpango wa NASA wa fursa za kuruka chini ya changamoto ya TechRise Student Challenge, ambayo inatoa timu za wanafunzi nafasi ya kubuni na kujenga majaribio ya sayansi na teknolojia kwa ndege kwenye puto, na kuwawezesha kukusanya data juu ya majaribio mbalimbali ya uchunguzi wa anga na uchunguzi wa Dunia katika maeneo kama vile uchunguzi wa mbali, hali ya hewa, na afya ya binadamu. Majaribio hayo yalifanywa na wanafunzi kutoka shule 20 za sekondari nchini Marekani. Uchunguzi uliofanywa katika shule ya sekondari ya Dickson huko Tennessee, Marekani, ulionyesha athari za miale ya jua kwenye ngozi ya binadamu na ufanisi wa aina mbalimbali za kinga ya jua. Ilikuwa na lengo la kupata data ya kweli ili kuzingatia jinsi ya kuzuia uharibifu wa ngozi katika anga ya juu. Majaribio ya AMONGUS (Atmospheric Measurement of Noxious Gases Using Sensors) ambayo yalifanywa na Shule ya Sekondari ya Sewanhaka huko Floral Park, New York, yalitumia sensorer na data ya picha kutafiti athari za gesi za chafu kwenye mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa. "Balozi ya Marekani ilizinduliwa tarehe 6 Juni, 2012 saa 12:49 UTC, na ilikuwa na ukubwa wa ""H"" (L) na ""W"" (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (L) (