Feature Story: Balloon project soaring skyward across Canada

• Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2015
• Subjects: High Altitude Balloon Experiment; David Gerhard; Stephen Cheng; Building Interactive Gadgets; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Aurora Research Institute; Matthew Dares; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Department of Computer Science; Canada; Regina
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10294/6177

A research project that originated at the University of Regina is gaining altitude and support in Saskatchewan and across the far reaches of Canada. Teams across the country launched helium-filled stratospheric balloons that floated to the edge of space collecting photographs, video and data, late last month. The National High Altitude Balloon Experiment (HABEX) started at the U of R with the idea that students, researchers and others could easily perform atmospheric experiments and share the findings. Staff no