The Launch photo album
Here are the photos that were taken during the launch. This is the commented archive. There are more photos here.
Beware: this is a huge archive, it takes about 552 seconds over 28.8 kbps connections.
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The first thing we had to do was to lay everything in the ground. In this photo, Carlos is connecting some wires. |
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Behind Pedro, you can see the
radar reflectors aligned.
He is holding Icarus' guts.
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Carlos and Pedro inserting the lid in the box. It is a delicate operation. Notice the helium bottle in the background. |
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Rui is weighting Icarus to find out how much water he should put in the bottle. |
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When the balloon equilibrates the
bottle of water, that means is has the right amount of helium.
Pedro and Rui and filling the balloon. |
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Rui is attaching the autonomous system that punctures the balloon. The teachers (Pedro Brogueira,in the baby's hat and Luis Melo, the bald one) are controlling the process. |
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This photo was taken a few moments
before the lift off.
It's that a beauty? Notice the balloon, the top radar reflector, the parachute, the bottom reflector and Icarus (still inside a box) This was a moment of great excitement. |
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There it goes, free as a bird.
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