The payload was recovered near Henderson, Texas but the GoPro was missing from the payload.
This project was lost near St. Augustine near Marshburn Road. We are hoping that someone will find it and return it. [More Info]
This video is the result of a Physics 475 project. [Full Video]
This video is the result of an Engineering Summer Program that was funded by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating board. The Near Space Project was conducted during during the summer of 2015. (Time-Pressure-Temperature Data)
Five SFA physics and engineering students put a GoPro camera and a GPS tracking device in a small capsule. A large 1.5 meter weather balloon and parachute were attached to the capsule that weighed less than 2 pounds. Once released from campus, the capsule climbed to “Near Space”. The students tracked the capsule via GPS and discovered that their capsule landed in Louisiana near the Toledo Bend Reservoir after being in the air for 3 hours. The students then traveled to the landing site to recover the memory card containing video from the capsule. The students obtained about 90 minutes of video and 2000+ images. [Raw Video]