On Wednesday 24th October 2018, the first Basque cake to conquer space took flight. Well attached to his basket, he was photographed against a backdrop of black sky and the Bay of Biscay, before reaching an altitude of 38,673 m! The balloon burst and it’s the descent with the parachute… The little astronaut kept the …
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ISAE-ENSMA at the frontiers of space
On Thursday, May 22, 2014, as part of the “ISAE-ENSMA at the Frontiers of Space” day, a stratospheric balloon release took place from the school forecourt, with the main objective of studying the concentration of ozone in the atmosphere. This was the culmination of a year’s work for 4 student engineers in their first year …
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