Ridgecrest Robotics

The team verse is Psalm 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands." I think this picture captures that pretty well. What do you think?

The video camera captured teammate Jeremy (a toy paratrooper) exiting the capsule and beginning his descent. Unfortunately, Jeremy remains MIA. He was last seen near Brannon Stand and Fortner heading north. He has a green and white parachute, but it is white only on the bottom. He does have a phone number on his chute. You can also report his recovery here. We hope to be able to report his return soon.

The team went to space. This picture is less than 30,000 feet, but the team made the full journey to 103,000 and back!

Just a few of our favorites. We will get additional pictures out on Facebook and an edited video on YouTube in the near future. Great job students (and alumni)!!

We were a little short of the goal, but still had an incredible flight. Here is a FPV picture from burst or shortly after.

We came up a little short of our goal of 120,000. But here is a picture from 100,000 ft!!

Here is a picture from our First Person View (FPV) pictures. What do you think the red streak is?

Here is this year's mission pin. Isaac did a great job!

We will be having our third launch this Thursday, November 6th. We plan to go live on our YouTube channel, Ridgerest Robotics and Space, at 10 am with the actual launch at 10:30 am. The livestream will include in studio reports, recorded student interview, and live data. We are also attempting live pictures and a record height again! WTVY interviewed Annelise and Alex last night. Here is the link

News4 First Alert Weather Extra: Ridgecrest Robotics & Space Program to attempt record-breaking balloon launch David sits down with students from the Ridgecrest Robotics & Space Program to discuss their goals for Thursday's balloon launch and their readiness for it.

Our goal is 23 miles. Do you think we will make it?

Here is the link to the edited video on Youtube. It includes interviews with several of the students explaining the process of launching and tracking the balloon.

2024 High Altitude balloon Launch edited video High school students launch a high altitude balloon to the edge of space with experiments, a tracking device and a video camera. View the edited footage ...

Our experiments and a team picture flying below the high altitude balloon. We made it to about 80,000 feet before the burst and then landed 2.5 miles outside of the projected landing zone. We're calling this a successful mission!