 | Reattaching the sun shield |
 | I was bored, so I made a pocketwatch... |
 | The Mark shrine. |
 | Pre-flight preparation. |
 | Mark and Frank inspect the payload. |
 | The MLV in the hangar. |
 | Switching to batteries. |
 | The MLV coming in to pick us up. |
 | Frank gets ready to put BLAST on the pin. |
 | Picking up BLAST. |
 | Putting the truck plate on the pin. |
 | Mark inspecting the operation. |
 | Attaching the flight train. |
 | Attaching the flight train. |
 | Attaching the flight train. |
 | Attaching the flight train. |
 | Attaching the flight train. |
 | Attaching the flight train. |
 | BLASTers milling about. |
 | The spool truck waiting for showtime. |
 | The MLV. |
 | Extracting BLAST. |
 | Mark taking pictures. |
 | Extracting BLAST. |
 | Extracting BLAST. |
 | BLAST outside. |
 | Enzo. |
 | A conversation. |
 | BLAST. |
 | BLAST. |
 | BLAST. |
 | Attaching the ballast hoppers. |
 | David. |
 | Barth. |
 | The ballast hoppers. |
 | BLAST with ballast and crush pads. |
 | BLAST with ballast and crush pads. |
 | Heading out to the pad. |
 | BLAST on the MLV. |
 | Heading out to the pad. |
 | Heading out to the pad. |
 | Heading out to the pad. |
 | Heading out to the pad. |
 | Holding. |
 | Out at the launch pad. |
 | The spool truck with the MLV behind it. |
 | The MLV. |
 | BLAST on the MLV. |
 | BLAST on the MLV. |
 | The Helium trucks drive out to the spool truck. |
 | MLV and spool truck. |
 | Getting light. |
 | Getting light. |
 | The MLV in the pre-dawn. |
 | The MLV in the pre-dawn. |
 | Another helium truck heading out to the launch site. |
 | Very light. Note that the MLV has turned around. |
 | Closer... |
 | Closer! |
 | BLAST hanging. |
 | BLAST hanging. |
 | Matt in front of BLAST. |
 | Greg and Matt. |
 | Dawn. |
 | Dawn + BLAST = Photo opportunity. |
 | BLAST and the MLV. In the distance, the NSBF crew is unrolling the tarps. |
 | The base. |
 | The parachute and release. |
 | Parachute release mechanism. |
 | Laying out the tarps. |
 | Laying out the tarps. |
 | BLAST with sun. |
 | MLV with spool truck in background. |
 | BLAST (again, surprisingly). |
 | Launching a small balloon to test the winds. |
 | Spool truck and tarps. |
 | Working on the parachute release. |
 | Marie waits for launch. Note the studded fleece. |
 | Tarps for the balloon. |
 | MLV and parachute. |
 | Blowing. |
 | Coming back. |