About Us

Joseph Maydell, a former flight controller for the International Space Station at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, founded High Altitude Science in 2011. “I was sitting at my console in Mission Control on a normal night shift. The crew were already asleep and very little was happening. I remember taking the time to look up at the large front projector screens and being awestruck by the live footage of the earth rolling by below the International Space Station. The Earth’s beauty was breathtaking! Right then I knew I had to find a way to share that experience with as many people as I could.”

When the Space Shuttle Program ended, Joseph was given a bonus for work he had done on the Space Shuttle Program. He used those funds to start High Altitude Science, a company dedicated to providing engineering expertise, training, and high-quality hardware to the High Altitude Community.