Sun & Clouds (8/29/17)
Flying in a spiral up over the Kerblantic just east of KSC for a contract, Captain Jebediah used the wing cam to snap this photo - off in the distance heavy clouds higher up cover the far highlands in shadow
Cloud Speckled Grasslands (8/29/17)
Captain Jebediah pilots a Civvie towards the Western Mountains where he plans to gather some meteorological data on his way out to the West Shore Desert
Looking West (8/29/17)
Facing towards the West Shore Desert, looking out over the mountains, highlands and grasslands that makeup the landscape inbetween. Far off to the left in the south is a large extinct volcano
Taxiing Along (8/29/17)
Specialist Bob was on hand to snap a photo of Captain Jebediah as he taxied back towards the parking area outside the Horizontal Assembly Building after landing
3 Dishes (8/29/17)
Off in the background our third tracking dish stands completed. It will be commissioned over the next two months and when it is ready to assume the duties of the roof dish that one will come down and be placed on the ground as well so all three form a triangle. They will then be used together at times to gather data from deep space probes
Northward Bound (8/30/17)
A UTV column departs KSC for a KerBalloon launch site to the north. The pathfinder vehicle leads carrying the most non-essential equipment so it is the first to encounter trouble and warn the rest of the column. Extra fuel and supplies are carried to the rear and the KerBalloon itself with the majority of essential equipment is in the center
Mk5 Boosters (8/30/17)
Built to match a certain thrust profile, all these boosters will burn the same & we will be adjusting coast times and throttle on the 3rd stage to make changes to our ascent
Sundown (8/31/17)
Great weather over KSC, but 90km to the north a team waiting for clear skies to launch a high-altitude KerBalloon is not having the same luck as us
False Alarm (8/31/17)
A slight panic ensued when researchers at the R&D building failed to notify KSC emergency services (or anyone outside the department, really) that they would be venting a lot of smoke from an experiment today
Off Into the Blue (9/1/17)
After two days of waiting, a relatively clear patch of sky over the launch site allows the KerBalloon team, including Specialist Bill, to release their high-altitude balloon for its journey 24.9km into the upper atmosphere
Clouds? No Problem (9/1/17)
A low-altitude KerBalloon is launched from aboard a Maritime Service Vessel off the coast as the sun rises. Hardier than the higher-flying variant this balloon will only travel as high as 16.5km but can tolerate harsher weather conditions during its ascent. View is looking north towards KSC
Three's Company (9/1/17)
Currently the only grouping of planets in the sky, these three will continue to mover closer and closer over the coming months, although their various inclinations will not allow them to occult each other
