Ridgecrest Robotics

11/11/2025

The team verse is Psalm 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands." I think this picture captures that pretty well. What do you think?

11/08/2025

The video camera captured teammate Jeremy (a toy paratrooper) exiting the capsule and beginning his descent. Unfortunately, Jeremy remains MIA. He was last seen near Brannon Stand and Fortner heading north. He has a green and white parachute, but it is white only on the bottom. He does have a phone number on his chute. You can also report his recovery here. We hope to be able to report his return soon.

11/08/2025

The team went to space. This picture is less than 30,000 feet, but the team made the full journey to 103,000 and back!

11/06/2025

Just a few of our favorites. We will get additional pictures out on Facebook and an edited video on YouTube in the near future. Great job students (and alumni)!!

11/06/2025

We were a little short of the goal, but still had an incredible flight. Here is a FPV picture from burst or shortly after.

11/06/2025

We came up a little short of our goal of 120,000. But here is a picture from 100,000 ft!!

11/06/2025

Here is a picture from our First Person View (FPV) pictures. What do you think the red streak is?

11/05/2025

Here is this year's mission pin. Isaac did a great job!

11/05/2025

We will be having our third launch this Thursday, November 6th. We plan to go live on our YouTube channel, Ridgerest Robotics and Space, at 10 am with the actual launch at 10:30 am. The livestream will include in studio reports, recorded student interview, and live data. We are also attempting live pictures and a record height again! WTVY interviewed Annelise and Alex last night. Here is the link

David sits down with students from the Ridgecrest Robotics & Space Program to discuss their goals for Thursday's balloon launch and their readiness for it.

04/17/2025

Our goal is 23 miles. Do you think we will make it?

11/12/2024

Here is the link to the edited video on Youtube. It includes interviews with several of the students explaining the process of launching and tracking the balloon.

High school students launch a high altitude balloon to the edge of space with experiments, a tracking device and a video camera. View the edited footage ...

11/12/2024

Our experiments and a team picture flying below the high altitude balloon. We made it to about 80,000 feet before the burst and then landed 2.5 miles outside of the projected landing zone. We're calling this a successful mission!