Well, it looks like the balloon never made it across the Atlantic. It looked pretty solid at the end of the first evening in Connecticut, but it must have got caught up in a storm out in the Atlantic Ocean. We’ve got a couple of ideas for our next flight, probably a bigger balloon and […]

Eight days after launch, still no beacons received. It’s possible that the balloon is still swirling around over the Atlantic Ocean (it’s a big ocean!), but it’s not looking good. We’ll keep watching, and if we don’t hear anything more we’ll toss out a few ideas about what might have happened and what we’ll try […]

No beacons reported today. Hopefully the balloon is in the process of crossing the Atlantic Ocean and will reappear on the other side in a couple of days.

The KC3AFB-5 balloon was successfully launched at 8:35am from the Parade Field at Camp Agawam in New Castle, PA, as part of the Jamboree On The Air/Internet event and the Family Camping Weekend festivities. By the last report of the day, it had traveled some 425 miles almost to New Haven, Connecticut. The last beacon […]