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Status  26/08/2011: Video of the balloon flight released 25/08/2011: MPhys project reports put on-line 06/05/2011: Article on the MSR.ch website 13/04/2011: Photos updated, video and results to come 08/04/2011: Payload recovered! 08/04/2011: Launch today! 07/04/2011: Launch cancelled at the last minute 06/04/2011: Launch tomorrow 01/04/2011: All preparations complete, ready to launch! 31/03/2011: Payload gets an orange skin 29/03/2011: Parachute tested 28/03/2011: Payload box built 27/03/2011: All payload component testing finished 24/03/2011: eTrex test data retrieved with custom cable 21/03/2011: Buzzer purchased and LEDs arrived 17/03/2011: Balloons arrived 10/03/2011: Parachute arrived 09/03/2011: Built test payload box 08/03/2011: MSR145 arrived 28/02/2011: Xexun tracker arrived 25/02/2011: GPS and humidity loggers arrive 24/02/2011: This web page goes live!

contact:   Prof. Vik Dhillon, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK     Tel: +44 (0)114 2224528     Email: vik.dhillon .at. sheffield.ac.uk