OLHZN-4 was the fourth high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons. This flight featured our first onboard astronaut in front of one of the flight cameras. We named our astronaut and this flight “Butchy” in honor of our friend, Oliver “Butch” Mousseau who tragically passed away earlier this spring after a head injury he sustained while officiating.
OLHZN-3 was the third high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons. The launch date for this flight was Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 5:59:59pm EDT (21:59:59 UTC). The goal of the third flight was to further solidify recovery methods and obtain photos and videos above 80,000 ft. in altitude. We successfully achieved a maximum altitude of 98,492 ft. and have HD photos and videos of the entire flight!
OLHZN-2 was the second high altitude weather balloon flight for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons that launched on May 7, 2016 at 11:56am EDT (15:56 UTC). The goal of the second flight was to solidify recovery methods and ensure sensor accuracy throughout the entire flight. This was the first flight that was successfully recovered!!!
OLHZN-1 was the first high altitude weather balloon flight attempt for Overlook Horizon High Altitude Balloons that took place on Saturday, April 23, 2016. The goal of the first flight was to get comfortable with the launch and recovery methods and to test all our systems. Sadly, the payload itself was lost and not recovered.
