[K3PZN-List] Balloon First Photos In

[Keith Krichinsky]

Those pics were VERY impressive, Pat!  Congrats to you and your team!

On 3/16/06, Pat Kilroy <Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov> wrote:
> You can view the first photos to come in from the
> NS-6 high-altitude balloon mission from this past
> Saturday.
>
> It cut through Carroll County, moving nearly due
> east.  The balloon flight path took it right over
> the world famous town of Westminster, Md!
>
> Go to http://www.patkilroy.com/bpp/ and scroll down
> to the slide show or PhotoShow (TM) link hiding
> under the comm coverage area map.
>
> The space grant schools are normally higher education
> institutions (colleges, universities) but it was our
> "token" high school, the Carver Center, the same ones
> who beat everyone else to the payload recovery shortly
> after landing, beat everyone else *again* with some
> great images, from pre-launch through post-landing
> and all the "near space" stuff in between.
>
> The first photo of the series shows some students
> milling about, waiting for launch.  The second one
> shows the Clear View High School next door, with
> its football field in clear view, ...
>
> My favorite photo of the bunch is the one taken by
> their payload while descending over the Susquehanna
> River, looking east to the I-95 and other bridges
> that cross the river there at the top of the
> Chesapeake Bay.  Outrageously cool!
>
> Things have been very busy at work.  More good
> stuff to report after this weekend.
>
> Thank you for your support.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Pat Kilroy, N8PK
> BPP Project Manager
>
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Keith Krichinsky