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50 TIMES WE’VE DARED TO EXPLORE
2010-2011
On April 26, 2011, YUAA successfully launched and retrieved the YUAA Horizon, a second-generation high-altitude vehicle built by the YUAA. Horizon remains one of the most advanced amateur balloons to date, featuring two independent tracking systems, a failsafe aborting mechanism, a camera, and sophisticated software applications for real-time tracking on the ground.
Project Babelon, named as a cross between the Tower of Babel and Balloons, was the first project of the Yale Undergraduate Aerospace Association (YUAA), was then known as the Yale Air & Space Group (ASG).
2011-2012
SkyView improved on Explorer by optimizing high-altitude flight, tracking, and image capture. Launched in Spring 2012, an unfortunate gust of wind caused SkyView to land 4.3 miles off the coast of Connecticut, causing high-resolution images and the vehicle to be non-recoverable. Its estimated altitude was 11,200 meters.
Explorer was a high-altitude aircraft designed for atmospheric exploration and research. It featured an unparalleled array of tools and capabilities compared to former YUAA balloons and launched in January 2012.
2012-2013
The Quadcopter team built a four-rotor helicopter, or quadcopter, using a variety of sensors to ensure stable flight. The craft carried a high-definition camera on board to capture footage from angles otherwise impossible to reach.
The Command Center was designed to fulfill the electronics needs of any future craft developed by the organization. The main goal was to create a modular package capable of redundant communications methods, computational processing, location tracking, motor control, and sensor data logging.
On April 6, 2013, YUAA won the Astro-Egg Lander event of the Battle of the Rockets Competition in Culpeper, Virginia. The team designed and built a rocket and lander capable of launching an egg up 1,500 feet and recovering it safely without a parachute. The team’s rocket, the YSS Eli Whitney, flew six times, including both test and competition launches.
During the Spring of 2013, YUAA team members to launch a rocket to an altitude of 1,700 ft in preparation for the Battle of the Rockets Competition in Culpeper, Virginia. Our team used the Contrail G100 hybrid rocket motor, fulfilling the requirement for participants to use a commercially available rocket motor