HAPP Research

04/09/2024

Timelapse from the total solar eclipse today. Due to the light hazy cloud cover, you can clearly see the shadow of the moon pass overhead. It's especially dramatic at the end of the eclipse. The shadow is moving about 2300 miles per hour relative to the ground.

Due to the hazy cloud cover, the shadow of the moon is clearly visible overhead as it comes and goes through the duration of the eclipse. It's especially dra...

04/08/2021

It's been a while since posting new content - 2020 did not exactly go as planned. But here's a downloadable PDF with a digital model of the HAPP that you can manipulate. You can select from the parts list and view every part, down to the nuts and bolts.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O1mG588l5I-ML_LMjX2QxUjLYLN_OAp8/view?usp=sharing

You will need to download the PDF and open using Adobe Acrobat - it won't render in your web browser. Enjoy!

06/08/2020

Well the global pandemic has not been good for flying the HAPP this spring, so we decided to have a little fun. Enjoy!

Big thanks to cameraman Will Davies.

Well the global pandemic has not been great for flying the HAPP into the stratosphere this spring, so we decided to have a little fun with a Garmin VIRB 360 ...

05/27/2020

Then and now: Apollo Command Module and SpaceX Crew Dragon. Must have saved a few kilograms on switches and gauges! Photos: NASA and SpaceX

05/27/2020

An historic event for American spaceflight - launching people to space from American soil after a 9-year hiatus. Go SpaceX! Here's to the awesome women and men who are making it happen. Be sure to watch the launch today at 16:33 EDT:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

07/15/2019

Friends of HAPP Research: To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, we are live tweeting Apollo 11 mission milestones in real time + 50 years starting today (July 14) through Earth return & splashdown on July 24. Follow on Twitter and get up-to-the minute information from Mission Control!

https://twitter.com/hialtphoto/status/1150572107300048896

07/26/2018

Thanks to the team at Bosch for blogging about the HAPP project. We used Bosch devices for the inertial sensors.

The Sky is Not the Limit: 20 miles from Earth at a temperature of -58 °F doesn't initially sound like the most ideal place for shooting a video! 😛 🎥 Despite this, the team at HAPP Research are taking on the challenge by recording a 360° video of Earth in a totally new way. They are sending a "High Altitude Photography Platform" into space to accrue data on vehicle attitude, accelerations, and spin rates. Bosch sensors drive its jet stabilization system — a crucial component! 😉 Watch the video and learn more on their site here: http://bit.ly/HAPP-Project

07/26/2018

HAPP Research salutes Copenhagen Suborbitals. These are our kind of crazy people! Check out their story:

On July 28, a group of amateur space engineers plan to launch a rocket 12 kilometres into the sky, from a boat off the coast of Denmark. Copenhagen Suborbita...

07/24/2018

The 360 VR video from the last mission is coming soon... it’s way cooler than the “normal” video I already published, especially if you have VR goggles. Stay tuned - even with a fast PC, editing and rendering 5K and 8K VR video takes a lot of time. I had to build a new PC just for this purpose!

07/19/2018

July 20, 1969: Humans first set foot on another celestial body, our Moon. HAPP Research proudly salutes the thousands of men and women in the United States space program who made it happen through their intelligence, fortitude, and intrepidity. Goodspeed Apollo 11 and all those who came before and since!

07/13/2018

Some folk said the mission video was too long so here's a 90 second version. Short and sweet :-)