Author Archives: David

Watch as six grade school girls’ (from Bowling Green, Kentucky) seemingly impossible, but absolutely achievable plan to launch a payload of cameras into the stratosphere to take measurements, photographs and video of the curvature of the earth and black of … Continue reading →

On September 5th we had a very interesting phone interview with Suzie Boss from Edutopia.org. Edutopia is a website published by The George Lucas Educational Foundation and they are dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators implement six … Continue reading →

We finally have the prints and posters ready to share digitally. Because we only had 1920 x 1080 pixels to work with on our prints, we had to take a collage approach for the 20″ x 30″ and 24″ x … Continue reading →

The time lapse below covers the launch of the Terra Incognita weather balloon compressing a 2 hour and 15 minute time frame to just over 3 minutes. We added some footage from 120,000 feet (just seconds before the balloon burst) … Continue reading →

Well, we took a risk and launched today even though the weather pattern was pushing us further south and east than we wanted. The risk was that it would end up in a forested area in a tree . . … Continue reading →

It looks as though all things are in order and we are good to go for launch tomorrow. We have helium and our payload is ready. Tracking has been quadruple checked. Mother nature is appears to be cooperating. Low winds. … Continue reading →

Today we are posting to bring you all up to speed on where we are on the project. We have had a bit of a delay due to a national shortage of helium. One would think that something so abundant … Continue reading →

It’s been a couple weeks since our project was funded and we wanted to update you on our progress. We’ve been hard at work ordering equipment, testing equipment, and solving various problems. The following equipment has been ordered and received: … Continue reading →

Dear Supporters, We girls from Project Terra Incognita: The Edge and Back would like to thank you for donating. Your donation really helped us reach our goal of $3,600 and more! If it weren’t for you, it would have taken … Continue reading →

On Jun 11th 2012 “The Edge And Back” was funded. Below is an outline of our funding chart showing the timing of the donations. The chart and table below show the source of the donations to the project. The Chart … Continue reading →