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Louisiana Students Loft Payloads from NASA Balloon Facility in Texas

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August 3, 2026 • 71 views
Original source: NASA

Every spring in Palestine, Texas, the wide-open fields around NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility fill with students and faculty from across Louisiana. They arrive carrying sensors, laptops, and carefully engineered payloads they have spent months preparing.  The goal is to send their e...

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