Today, it is widely recognized as one of the premier organizations in its field. Government as a 501(c)(3), tax exempt, scientific and educational organization.
Edge of Space Sciences (EOSS) is a Denver, Colorado based non-profit organization that promotes science and education by exploring frontiers in amateur radio and high altitude balloons. Since its first flight in 1990, EOSS has grown its volunteer membership's numbers and skills over the course of more than 199 launches, ascents into the stratosphere and 100% payload recoveries. EOSS was incorporat
03/21/2021
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EOSS 307 was launched as a 3000g balloon from Deer Trail Colorado at 0730 March 20th carrying student STEM payloads sponsored by the Rocky Mountain National Defense Industrial Association. All payloads were recovered approximately 2.5 miles north of Wiladel Colorado. The balloon achieved a maximum altitude of 104,809 Ft at burst.
EOSS will launch a balloon with National Defense Industrial Association STEM student payloads, and a balloon with EOSS qualification payloads.
EOSS will conduct these flights in memory of Merle McCaslin KØYUK (SK), one of the founders of Edge of Space Sciences. Both balloons will beacon, in Morse Code, "In memory of KØYUK(SK), EOSS original Balloonmeister." Merle will be missed
11/03/2019
Launch of EOSS 294 from Wiggins Colorado.
EOSS will launch flight 293 tomorrow morning at 0830 MDT. You can follow along by with EOSS's tracking site track.eoss.org . It will show the balloon's position, and the position of all the trackers as they approach the balloon.
07/28/2019
Edge of Space Sciences launched EOSS-292 from Limon, Colorado, and recovered all payloads a few miles southeast of Simla, Colorado in a windfarm. The payloads were flown for Colorado Space Grant consortium for colleges across Colorado, and reached an altitude of over 107,000 feet.
06/16/2019
Video of the balloon burst on EOSS 290, Great Plains Super Launch 2019
EOSS-290 Balloon Burst Part of the Great Plains Super Launch, this balloon burst at 100,600 ft. All payloads descended on parachute and were recovered southeast of Montezuma, Iowa
06/15/2019
https://youtu.be/jKkUFSFzsns
Drone video of the the recovery today
EOSS-290 recovery Recovery of EOSS payloads at GPSL 2019
06/14/2019
Great Plains Super Launch live streaming on https://youtu.be/4meJlb21HoE
Symposium on high altitude ballooning!
06/14/2019
EOSS members are in Pella, Iowa for the Great plains Super Launch. Www.superlaunch.org
11/16/2018
EOSS-279 was launched from Deer Trail, Colorado on Oct 13, 2018. Student payloads sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Defense Industrial Association (ndiarmc.org) were recovered northeast of Wiladel, Colorado.
Launch from Deer Trail at 7:38am MDT
Burst 9:02am MDT at 97,424 ft MSL
Landing 9:16am MDT at 39.76905, -102.99702, 57 miles
See the album for recovery photos
