We wanted to let everyone know that the CNSP-18 payload made it back home from Morocco on January 18, 2014.   This long story started on December 2, 2012, when the California Near Space Project launched CNSP-18 on a long duration floater mission that flew from California to Morocco, covering 6,080 great circle miles. For the full story, see this page     On December 23, 2012, Don Ferguson, AI6RE received the good news that...

We thought we would let everyone know that our second trans-atlantic balloon, CNSP-18, has been recovered in Morocco.  The story involved some educated guessing, hiking, and for the first time, bargaining with the local population.  We greatly appreciate the time and energy that Patrick CN2GW / F1GXW, Said CN8WW, Amin CN8YM and Mohamed spent recovering the payload.  For the full story, see this page....