Kaymont Supplies Custom Weather Balloons for NASA-Funded 2024 Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Apr. 18, 2024 —Kaymont Consolidated Industries, Inc. supplied custom natural latex weather balloons to support the NASA-funded Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP), led by Montana State University, during the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse.
The project brought together student teams from institutions across the United States to conduct scientific balloon flights along the eclipse path. Through atmospheric measurements, high-altitude imaging and student-designed experiments, participants investigated how the Moon’s shadow affects Earth’s atmosphere while sharing views of the eclipse from the stratosphere.
In collaboration with NASA and NEBP teams from participating universities, Kaymont developed a customized KCI-1600-50N 1600 gram natural latex weather balloon with an enlarged 5cm diameter neck to support a wide range of scientific payloads. The balloons supported project efforts to combine atmospheric research with hands-on experience in engineering, flight operations, data collection and analysis.
The broader 2023–2024 Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project included 53 teams from 75 institutions. Its coordinated campaigns gave students the opportunity to participate in a specialized research experience while contributing to the study of atmospheric responses to solar eclipses. Kaymont is proud to have supported this initiative and its mission to connect scientific discovery with practical STEM education.
Learn more about the Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project at eclipse.montana.edu.
About Kaymont Consolidated Industries
Kaymont Consolidated Industries, Inc., based in Melbourne, Florida, is the largest distributor of natural latex weather balloons worldwide and supplies meteorological balloons and instrumentation for weather observation, defense, atmospheric research and educational applications.
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