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Balloon Launch April 15, 2010
In a joint effort
between the University of Saint Francis Department of Biology,
Taylor University, and Most Precious Blood School, a
high-altitude balloon launch will take place. The balloon
will be carrying 6 different experiments that have been designed
by the University of Saint Francis and Most Precious Blood
School students in addition to the GPS tracking equipment that
will collect live-streaming data and will be able to be tracked
live via the web at
http://aprs.fi
Related Links Learning About High Altitude Balloon Launching
Most Precious Blood Teacher, Karen Lohmuller, and University of St. Francis Professor, Dr. Teri Beam, seen above, attended a High-Altitude Ballooning workshop this summer at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. Together, the team sent up a dummy balloon that was retrieved in Ohio about 2 hours later. They also sent up a larger balloon with cameras and other instruments attached to the "payload". The balloon took about an hour to ascend about 100,000 feet to the end of the Earth's atmosphere, hovered awhile, and then the helium balloon burst. This was all captured on video. The decent took about a half hour. After the launch, the team "chased" the balloon using GPS tracking software and found it in a field just southwest of Fort Recovery, Ohio. Upon retrieval, they were able to study the footage from a pressure sensor, temperature sensor, and light sensor, as well as the DVDs of what the cameras had recorded. This was the first time a camera recorded footage of a snow shower up in the clouds!
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