ERIC Number: EJ1315557
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Nov
Pages: 5
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Engineering Systems to Explore the Edge of Space
Walach, Michael
Technology and Engineering Teacher, v81 n3 p8-12 Nov 2021
This article describes the NASA-Funded Space Grant Project BOREALIS: "Balloon Outreach, Research, Exploration, and Landscape Imaging System." BOREALIS conducts high-altitude balloon flights to the "edge of space" with flights typically reaching 100,000 feet and a current record flight in the summer of 2020 that reached 126,000 feet! Students design and build all of the systems required for each flight including the ground control stations, ground tracking station, long-range communication systems, inflight hardware and software, landing prediction software, science payloads, balloon construction for zero pressure balloon flights (balloons that are not sealed at the bottom and do not pop in flight) and many other assorted projects.
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Design, Science Equipment, Science Activities
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Language: English
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