eclipse ballooning

Student volunteers prepare two balloons for a morning launch in Cumberland, Md., as part of a nationwide project to study the April 8 eclipse.

On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up balloons for science

8:28pm March 25, 2024

by Geoff Brumfiel

The NASA-backed Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project puts students in charge of a bold scientific endeavor to study the April 8 total solar eclipse.

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