Flight Recap for EOSS-175

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Coors Field Launch Site

Balloon Launch Activities

by Mike Papas

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Carting the helium into the stadium

L to R - Glenn Hetchler - KB0DKT, Russ Chadwick and Randy Collander

It's early and it's empty

Helium filling station setup

Mike Manes affixes Beaker to his support line

L to R - Edna Hetchler - KB6OKA, Larry Nobel and ??

EOSS on the Board

Filling has begun

Ground station is up and running. The crowd is filling up the lower level 1st base line

Estimated 10,000 folks to watch the launch

Kathy Sabine interviews Steve Meer about basic balloon mechanics

9News New Meteorologist

Larry Noble holds fully inflated balloon prior to launch

More grilling of Steve

Meer and Sabine finish up as the balloon is almost ready to go

Up and away

Ground station takes over control of the balloon from Launch Operations