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How Students Livestreamed the Solar Eclipse from Near Space to NASA’s Website

December 16, 2017December 16, 2017 Feature, Scientific Balloons, Students' Projects, Weather Balloons 0

DURING the solar eclipse, how did the LIVE video of the moon’s shadow hurtling across the earth reach NASA’s website?

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MSU Presents Early Results of Solar Eclipse Ballooning Project

December 14, 2017December 14, 2017 News, Scientific Balloons, Students' Projects 0

During the August 2017 total solar eclipse, the planetary boundary layer—also known as the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) —sank to roughly 2,500 feet, according

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NASA Seeks Student Experiments for Edge-of-Space Balloon Flight

November 3, 2016January 8, 2017 News, Scientific Balloons, Students' Projects 0

NASA is accepting applications now through Dec. 16 from graduate and undergraduate university students to fly experiments to the edge of space on a scientific balloon. Students and professors interested in applying are invited to participate in a Nov. 11 teleconference.

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Student Experiments Flying High Over New Mexico

September 10, 2016October 10, 2016 News, Scientific Balloons, Students' Projects 0

Students launched an 11.8 million-cubic-foot scientific balloon (about the size of 58 blimps) carrying a total payload of one ton over New Mexico on September 1. The balloon carried 12 student experiments to the near-space environment and flew at an operational altitude of 120,000 feet on a mission that lasted several hours.

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