Specialists Bill and Bob head north 23km to Eumon’s Tears in order to deploy a low-altitude balloon to gather temperature data for Kerbodyne
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Bob & Bill along with crew in a 2nd UTV are heading north to bit.ly/Eumons_Tears - easy launch, low-alt balloons are hardy carriers
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UTVs are at the launch site & assembling the payload. No need for comms relay, still within range of regular comms & almost in sight of KSC
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KerBalloon launched <2min ago, crews are monitoring initial ascent & we have AOS at 448m as it clears a few low hills. On the way to 16.5km
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Bob drove to a nearby hill to send us this photo from where he could see KSC. Balloon is already too high to be seen, but launch site marked
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we have envelope failure due to lack of external pressure, UTVs have been tracking & are ready to recover. Hoping it stays out of the trees
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Bill confirms the payload has landed intact, on the ground, and they are disassembling to pack it home. Plan to wait for 3rd sunrise though
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we're getting staticky comms but it sounds like the UTVs are getting ready to roll & expect to be back at KSC within the hour. Travel safe!
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report from Bob is that Bill is changing a tire on one of the UTVs that went flat. No biggie, each UTV carries a spare. Air compressor too
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a bit later than planned but both UTVs have rolled back into KSC. Flat tire was from a puncture - terrain can be rough out there!
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closing out another great week, get caught up & learn more details via bit.ly/OpsSummary7-3-… - have a great weekend everyone!
