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Grand Canyon from the Stratosphere! A Space Balloon Story
[center]Grand Canyon from the Stratosphere! A Space Balloon Story
Published on Sep 10, 2015 - 4,870,502 views[/center]
In June 2013, a group of friends launched a weather balloon a few miles from Tuba City, Arizona. The amazing footage was found two years later by an Arizona hiker. Enjoy the video of our launch preparations, video footage, and some data analysis of the flight.
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Sep 17, 2015
A Hiker Found a 2-Year-Old GoPro that was Launched Into Space and the Footage is Awesome
On June 8, 2013, Stanford students Bryan Chan, Ved Chirayath, Ashish Goel, Tyler Reid, and Paul Tarantino launched a weather balloon outfitted with several cameras into space. The project was a part of Ved’s dissertation research in fluid lensing.
The team 3D printed a chassis that housed a GoPro Hero 3 and Sony camcorder for taking HD video, along with a Galaxy Note II for still pictures and GPS tracking. ...
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The balloon’s trajectory
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The team 3D printed a chassis that housed a GoPro Hero 3 and Sony camcorder for taking HD video, along with a Galaxy Note II for still pictures and GPS tracking. ...
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The balloon’s trajectory
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