Donate

Simulated mission This is a labeled demonstration. It is not a live balloon flight and is not counted in production statistics.

In flight · 6th grade science

WF-0147

TEAM Charter School · Stockton, California

Mission Control Finder page Payload kit

TEAM Charter School — Stockton, California Kidinnu Academy — El Cajon, California Alta Vista Innovation High School — San Bernardino, California Richmond Charter Academy — Richmond, California The School of Arts and Enterprise — Pomona, California Desert Sage School — Tucson, Arizona Desert Star Academy — Fort Mohave, Arizona Avondale Elementary (Imagine School) — Avondale, Arizona FIT Academy — Apple Valley, Minnesota DuBois Integrity Academy — Riverdale, Georgia Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School (STARS) — Vass, North Carolina Wayne Preparatory Academy — Goldsboro, North Carolina South Scioto Academy — Columbus, Ohio KCC Riverview South — Riverview, Florida Palmer Ranch (Imagine School) — Sarasota, Florida

Altitude —
Speed —
Distance —
Time aloft —
Temperature —
Landing —
Open mission

Click the map to place a predicted landing. Comparison appears after a real landing.

LaunchMay 12, 2026
Altitude47,333 ft
Speed63 mph
Distance55 miles
Time aloft48m
Temperature-72°F
Illustrative student-built payload box with tracker and parachute against the sky
Illustrative — not a live flight.

The human message

We launched this from Stockton, California. We don’t know who will find it. Maybe that’s the point. For a moment, this balloon connected our worlds.

Mission timeline

  1. Payload armed

    Tracker tested. Recovery card attached.

  2. Launch
  3. 10,000 feet
  4. Maximum altitude

    47,333 ft

Connections

STATE

Your balloon just entered Nevada.

Nevada

SCHOOL

You passed another Wonderful Foundations school — Richmond Charter Academy, Richmond, California.

48.2 miles

Richmond Charter Academy

We predicted vs. what happened

We predicted

Northeast · 210 miles

Max altitude 90,000 ft

Duration 2h 45m

California, Nevada

Near Fallon, Nevada

6th grade science

What actually happened

Still in flight — comparison unlocks after landing.

Illustrative recovered payload and parachute in open country
Illustrative — not a live flight.

Recovery

Public landing: Not yet. Exact recovery coordinates stay operational, not a street address.

No public finder report yet.

Share this mission · Found moment