Engineering Experiences and Lessons Learned from 2023 Annular Eclipse Ballooning

documentation of these subsystems [4] to assist new NEBP engineering teams that were tasked to assemble, configure, and integrate them, as applicable, into a complete ballooning system in a relatively short time-period of about 8 months in 2023.Our student members were assigned to a payload of their technical interest to assume the primary responsibility for its flight readiness.Collaboration was encouraged as needed among the students.The following subsections present our student members' work and experience, as well as lessons learned.2.1.