Launch

I went on the chase team to recover the balloon. They apparently put WAY to much helium in the balloon because it popped at 70,000 feet instead of 90,000 and fell a lot early than it should.

As you can see from this picture, it landed in a tree. Yeah, but guess where that tree is. If you guessed that it was leaning over the Erie Canal you are correct (also that is Thor right there in the lower left corner). We were not able to recover it ourselves, but someone is going to get it later.

The chase team (Zach, Thor, and I) got back about 10:00 at night, having left Taylor at 4:00 pm. I, for some unknown reason, I stayed up until about 2:00 am and almost slept through my Public Speaking midterm.