tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5461827639891732802024-02-22T04:56:20.335+13:00BARREL 2009/2010 Antarctic Balloon CampaignBARREL teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10749961724367076842noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546182763989173280.post-275561925335736912009-12-05T10:09:00.003+13:002009-12-05T15:52:12.394+13:00Video of our first launchAmanda here again. We are going to be documenting each of our launches and I have finally processed the video from our first launch. Enjoy!Video of our launchUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546182763989173280.post-14739979752443466382009-12-04T08:43:00.010+13:002009-12-04T10:06:40.788+13:00We launched our first payload!Greetings! This is Amanda, a Master's student from the University of Washington working for Michael McCarthy and a member of the BARREL team. Two days ago, on Dec. 2nd (Dec. 1st for those in the US) we successfully launched our first payload! It was an exciting day that we want to share with you.As Robyn said, CREAM was supposed to launch first at 1 AM that day and we were scheduled to launch Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546182763989173280.post-76742765676812486462009-12-01T23:26:00.012+13:002009-12-02T20:12:57.682+13:00Antarctic LandscapeNote: This was written last night, but never posted!I finally have a chance to post another entry here. They're trying to launch the CREAM payload at 1am so I'll be out here all night! It's been a busy week. We managed to get two payloads flight ready and got out to see some of the local sights. Here is our first flight-ready payload during a system test (left). You can see Mt. Erebus in the Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408022331860624249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546182763989173280.post-82234301624078166172009-11-24T20:23:00.010+13:002009-11-24T21:05:23.378+13:00Settling into a routine....I knew I wouldn't be very good at posting to a blog. We've been pretty busy the last few days, so haven't had much time for it. I expect things will slow down once we have a few payloads ready to launch!Yesterday, we had a brief period of decent weather, so Max and David were able to get outside to test all the solar panels. Here is Max checking out one of our payloads, and David in the Robynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408022331860624249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546182763989173280.post-59202026657749472632009-11-19T11:19:00.000+13:002009-11-19T11:19:39.889+13:00Arrival in McMurdo
Three BARREL team members (Max Comess, David McGaw, and Robyn Millan) arrived in McMurdo on Tuesday, Nov. 17 after a one-day delay in Christchurch, New Zealand. We spent the rest of Tuesday getting our dorm room assignments, picking up linens, picking up our checked luggage, and attending an outdoor safety briefing.
On Wednesday, we went out to our work site - the "LDB site" near BARREL teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10749961724367076842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-546182763989173280.post-56495710153537901422009-11-19T10:34:00.001+13:002009-11-19T11:44:23.077+13:00Welcome!Welcome to the BARREL 2009/2010 Antarctic balloon campaign!!
BARREL is a balloon experiment to study Earth's radiation belts. The project is supported by the NASA Living With a Star Program. Read more about the BARREL science objectives.
The BARREL science team consists of personnel from Dartmouth College, University of Washington, U. C. Berkeley, and U. C. Santa Cruz. BARREL teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10749961724367076842noreply@blogger.com