Jul 26, 2012

History-Making UNH Scientific Balloon Designed by High School Students from UNH Project SMART

On Monday, July 23, 2012, high school students and their UNH mentors successfully flew and recovered a scientific payload that had been carried aloft by balloon to 105,700 feet. Onboard cameras captured images of a cloud-laden Earth against the blackness of outer space. The experiment was part of the students’ activities at Project SMART (Science and Mathematics Achievement through Research... Read more

Posted in: Engineering & Physical Sciences, Space Science, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2012; Project SMART, History-Making UNH Scientific Balloon, outer space, small ballooning