Phase 01 · Launch
Launch and departure
The camera clears the release team and begins the transition into free flight.
Onboard footage + verified flight record
See the launch. Read the flight.
Start with four original onboard clips—launch, ascent, near-space horizon, and burst—then explore the Spring 2026 report’s published trajectory, altitude profile, and atmospheric measurements. The clips are separate excerpts, not a continuous or synchronized telemetry replay.
Spring 2026 · published research
The flight, through its evidence.
Explore the team’s actual flight figures, atmospheric profiles and camera footage. Raw telemetry and analysis files stay private.
82,497 ft is the report’s authored flight annotation. Separate instruments and recorder clocks are labeled on the research page.
Latest onboard footage · 2026
Four clips. One flight sequence.
These are the four team-supplied source recordings, converted from phone-recorded HEVC to web-compatible H.264 and ordered from ground release through balloon burst.
Media provenance: team-supplied 2026 onboard screen recordings, preserved as four separate clips from release through balloon burst. Clip durations describe the excerpts, not the length of each flight phase. The 2026 mission record keeps the footage alongside the separately reported flight results.
01 · 08.8s
Launch and departure
Ground release and the first seconds of free flight.
02 · 20.5s
Flight-train ascent
Suspension geometry and payload motion during climb.
03 · 08.7s
Near-space horizon
High-altitude view across Arizona terrain and atmosphere.
04 · 06.8s
Balloon burst
The visible transition from ascent into the descent phase.
Fall 2025 · Edited excerpts
Release, burst, and return toward ground
Earlier flightApril 1, 2023 · Ascent 9/9 · 360° VR
Earlier flightFall 2022 launch trailer
Official archivePhoenix College ASCEND channel