UW Space Cowboys

UW Space Cowboys Official page of the University of Wyoming's Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) team

We are a team of 8 undergraduate students at the University of Wyoming participating in the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP). Our team, sponsored by the Wyoming NASA Space Grant Consortium, will be flying weather balloons and collecting atmospheric data before, during, and after the two upcoming solar eclipses in October 2023 and April 2024. The NEBP is funded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate Science Activation program, and NASA's Space Grant College and Fellowship program.

Here's a recent article from NASA about gravity waves detected by NEBP radiosondes over New Mexico during the October 20...
10/01/2024

Here's a recent article from NASA about gravity waves detected by NEBP radiosondes over New Mexico during the October 2023 annular eclipse

Student teams from three U.S. universities became the first to measure what scientists have long predicted: eclipses can generate ripples in Earth’s

Some initial NEBP scientific results from the October 2023 annular eclipse
06/19/2024

Some initial NEBP scientific results from the October 2023 annular eclipse

This page presents analysis of the data collected by the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project Atmospheric Science and Engineering stratospheric ballooning campaigns on October 14, 2023 and April 8, 2024.

Check out this short video from Elyria City Schools about one of our radiosondes that was recovered in Ohio after the to...
06/07/2024

Check out this short video from Elyria City Schools about one of our radiosondes that was recovered in Ohio after the total solar eclipse in April!

A weather balloon, used during the 2024 eclipse, made a surprise landing at the Eastern Height Campus.

Here's a brand new press release from the University of Wyoming highlighting our recent deployment to Ohio for the total...
05/01/2024

Here's a brand new press release from the University of Wyoming highlighting our recent deployment to Ohio for the total eclipse

During the recent total solar eclipse, a group of University of Wyoming students -- known as the UW Space Cowboys -- used a bevy of balloons to lasso information from the rare celestial phenomenon.

Check out this podcast episode about one of our recovered radiosondes in Ohio!
04/18/2024

Check out this podcast episode about one of our recovered radiosondes in Ohio!

The eclipse of April 8 was truly remarkable. And here's a little something that added an extra layer of fascination for those of us in the path of totality in Elyria, Ohio--an eclipse weather balloon crash-landed in a field on the property of our ...

More news coverage of folks finding our radiosondes & balloons in northern Ohio!
04/15/2024

More news coverage of folks finding our radiosondes & balloons in northern Ohio!

These were launched by college students and are “harmless.”

Some of our radiosondes do get found, like this one. Super cool!
04/12/2024

Some of our radiosondes do get found, like this one. Super cool!

The balloon was launched by a group from the University of Wyoming; it measures atmospheric conditions like temperature, wind and humidity.

While our team was launching small weather balloons every hour, other teams with the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Proje...
04/11/2024

While our team was launching small weather balloons every hour, other teams with the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project launched one larger balloon just like this about an hour before totality to capture incredible 360-degree video footage from within the stratosphere. Wow!

DevilDragon NEBP Eclipse Ballooning Project 4/8/24. Video from 15,000 meters Old Forge New YorkInsta 360 X3

In case you missed this spectacular view yesterday, we were able to snap this picture on one of our cameras!
04/09/2024

In case you missed this spectacular view yesterday, we were able to snap this picture on one of our cameras!

The Sun said its goodbye as we finished up the last of our launches last night. Thank you so much to the Bluffton commun...
04/09/2024

The Sun said its goodbye as we finished up the last of our launches last night. Thank you so much to the Bluffton community for welcoming us for this phenomenal event. We were so happy to share it with so many of you!

We’re getting bombarded by falling radiosondes from our NEBP friends launching over in Upland, Indiana. Waiting for one ...
04/08/2024

We’re getting bombarded by falling radiosondes from our NEBP friends launching over in Upland, Indiana. Waiting for one to land on in our field - we’ll fill another balloon and send it back via air mail 😉

Atmospheric sounding from our 04Z (midnight) launch in the rain. This type of graph is used extensively by meteorologist...
04/08/2024

Atmospheric sounding from our 04Z (midnight) launch in the rain. This type of graph is used extensively by meteorologists on a daily basis. Converging temperature and dewpoint lines show that the atmosphere was nearly saturated from the surface up to 300 mb, suggesting - to no surprise - rain! Slightly warmer air at lower levels hint at the approaching warm front later this morning.

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