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

Recovery pending · Earth science team

WF-0152

Desert Sage School · Tucson, Arizona

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
LaunchApril 18, 2026
Altitude0 ft
Speed76 mph
Distance200 miles
Time aloft2h 42m
Temperature78°F
Illustrative student-built payload box with tracker and parachute against the sky
Illustrative — not a live flight.

The human message

From Tucson — if you found this, you are part of our experiment now. Tell us where you are. We want to know the rest of the story.

Mission timeline

  1. Payload armed

    Tracker tested. Recovery card attached.

  2. Launch
  3. 10,000 feet
  4. Entered stratosphere
  5. Maximum altitude

    91,204 ft

  6. Descent detected
  7. Landing detected
  8. Landing confirmed

    Waiting on a finder. Approximate public location only.

Connections

CITY

Passed near Show Low, Arizona.

18 miles

Show Low, Arizona

MISSION

Mission 0152 and Mission 0147 came within 37 miles of each other’s planned corridors.

37 miles

Two missions in the West

We predicted vs. what happened

We predicted

Northeast · 140 miles

Max altitude 85,000 ft

Duration 2h 30m

Arizona

White Mountains, Arizona

Earth science team

What actually happened

Distance error 52 miles

Altitude error 6,204 ft

Duration error 12m

Near St. Johns, Arizona

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

Recovery

Public landing: Near St. Johns, Arizona

No public finder report yet.

A prepaid return label will be shared with the finder after the recovery is confirmed by staff.

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