NASA Seeks Student Experiments For 2013 High-Altitude Scientific Balloon Flight

Oct. 19, 2012

Ann Marie Trotta
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1601
ann.marie.trotta@nasa.gov

Rebecca Powell
Wallops Flight Facility, Va.
757-824-1139
rebecca.h.powell@nasa.gov

RELEASE: 12-367

NASA SEEKS STUDENT EXPERIMENTS FOR 2013 HIGH-ALTITUDE SCIENTIFIC BALLOON FLIGHT

WASHINGTON -- NASA is accepting applications from graduate and
undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of
space on a scientific balloon next year. The balloon competition is a
joint project between NASA and the Louisiana Space Consortium
(LaSPACE) in Baton Rouge.

NASA is targeting fall 2013 for the next flight opportunity for the
High Altitude Student Platform (HASP). HASP is a balloon-borne
instrument stack that provides an annual near-space flight
opportunity for 12 instruments built by students.

A panel of experts from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia and
LaSPACE will review the applications and select the finalists for the
next flight opportunity. Flights are launched from the Columbia
Scientific Balloon Facility's remote site in Fort Sumner, N.M., and
typically achieve 15 to 20 hours' duration at an altitude of about 23
miles.

HASP houses and provides power, mechanical support, interactivity and
communications for the instruments. It can be used to flight-test
compact satellites, prototypes and other small payloads designed and
built by students.

HASP can support about 200 pounds for payloads and test articles.
Since 2006, the HASP program has flown 60 payloads involving more
than 500 students from 14 states, Puerto Rico and Canada.

The deadline for applications for the 2013 flight is Dec. 14. A
question-and-answer teleconference for interested parties will be
held Nov. 16.

For application materials and details about HASP, visit:

http://laspace.lsu.edu/hasp

For information on NASA's scientific balloon program, visit:

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/code820/

For information about NASA's education programs, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/education


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