Time Recursion

Earlier this month, a group of four Spanish students launched their own weather probe and proved, that you don’t need millions of dollars and high-tech equipment to accomplish what space and weather agencies do.

After almost half a year of preparations, tests and calculations, they finally assembled their probe and sent it towards the sky with great anticipation. The probe was equipped with a GPS module, a photo camera and instruments to measure air temperature, humidity and pressure.

They set themselves a goal, to reach at least 10,000 meters of altitude, which is the height where most commercial airlines fly. But the probe, with a 4 meters wide balloon filled with helium went even higher. It flew all the way up to almost 30,000 meters where it lost its inflation and returned back to Earth. Luckily enough, the “crash landing” didn’t do too much damage, so the probe was easily located through it’s GPS signal and retrieved, along with the pictures that were taken during the trip.

More pictures can be found at Meteotek’s Flickr photo page.