Idaho Vast

University of Idaho High Altitude Balloon Team What is VAST? VAST (Vandal Atmospheric Science Team) is the University of Idaho’s chapter of the program.

Idaho RISE (Research Involving Student Engineers and Educators) is the NASA Idaho Space Grant Consortium student high-altitude scientific balloon program for the state of Idaho. The goal of the Idaho VAST project is to develop the capability to design, build, test, fly, and recover high altitude science and engineering instrumentation. To date, VAST has launched over 10 science payloads, reaching

03/31/2013

This was the third flight of the Fishnauts experiment. Trout embyos were flown to an altitude of 80,000 feet!!!

03/30/2013

We will plan on launching from Harrington High School of Harrington, WA. I hope to get off the ground around 7:00AM to 7:30AM PDT. We are aiming to cut down around 80,000 feet. The expected landing site is a couple miles northwest of Lacrosse, WA.

You can go to http://aprs.fi/ and paste the following text into the Track Callsign Box:
W7UQ-1, W7UQ-6, W7UQ-7, W7UQ-4
W7UQ-1, W7UQ-6, W7UQ-7 These will all be on the balloon
W7UQ-4 This is the backup. If it is not used on the balloon, it will be on in one of the tracking vehicles.

Google Maps APRS

03/29/2013

We will be launching our Fishnauts experiment on Saturday morning. Check out our page and website idahorise.com as more info becomes available!