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Education, Near Space

Young students fly flowers to Near Space

July 25, 2013 TopSpacer

Earth to Sky Calculus, a group of middle school and high school students in Bishop, California, flew

a vase of Petunias and several other science experiments to the Edge of Space to commemorate Cassini’s historic photo of Earth through the rings of Saturn.

More at Petunias at the Edge of Space – Spaceweather.com Time Machine –

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