Nebraska HAB Research Results

Omaha Public Schools Ballooning

Overview of the development and high points of OPS HAB student experiments 

Launches since March 2016 have been documented on Twitter @OPS_Sciences 

https://twitter.com/OPS_Sciences

YouTube channel with videos from their missions #67 to current

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4lKhyDFoTazlMiHdn4I-A/featured

Spreadsheet of for all 83 OPS HAB launches (date, location, altitude, landing location, links to YouTube videos and news coverage)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jMtlmcVEGxnGC2sTlSTt144y2H-rUilj/view?usp=sharing

Metropolitan Community College / Spring 2018 – Sibbernsen

University of Nebraska at Omaha / TED 2800 Winter 2018 – Nero

UNO2800Posters

Bubbles, Biology, and the Beyond

Cosmic Rays and Atmospheric Correlation

NSE Crickets & Plants

Sound and Temperature in a HAB!

Sound in Space

Space-Bound STEMs

Metropolitan Community College / Spring 2017 – Sibbernsen

Magnetic Field 2017

Magnetic field measurements were taken throughout the flight.

Resistance 2017

Resistance changes of a 100 Ohm resister were measured during the flight.

Fluid Chillers 2017

Temperatures of different beverage samples were taken during the flight.

Balloon diameter 2017

The change of the size of balloons with different gases enclosed was measured vs. altitude.

Metropolitan Community College / Spring 2016 – Sibbernsen

Temperature of liquids 2016

The temperatures of various liquids were measured throughout the flight.

Alkaline batteries 2016

The voltages of alkaline and lithium batteries were measured during the flight.

Camera Platform 2016

A camera platform with autonomous heading using the magnetic field of the Earth was developed and tested.

Speed analysis 2016

The vertical speed of the balloon during the flight was analyzed.

Cosmic radiation 2016

The data from two radiation monitors on a flight was examined.