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 experiments to the edge of space and return with meaningful data, while reflecting […]
Posted on
August 3, 2026
Sign up for our newsletter:
Categories
11
1
240
10
7
71
1
4
1
24
2
1
5
2
3
1
53
1
12
1
35
2
10
3
12
64
5
1
1
1
18
33
107
3
9
1
11
17
14
66
1
1
17
396
1
29
14
1
173
118
21
48
6
3
4
6
1
416
7
11
114
1
679
1
17
35
4
6
16
30
10
67
40
41
6
38
41
29
1
1
1
15
8
6
19
1
284
207
2
5
1
1
12
136
11
10
1
11
3
3
17
6
2
26
4
153
49
3
1
215
30
5
381
3
13
1
96
1
58
2
11
164
1
2
3
1
32
19
2
2
11
93
13
117
1
14
20
1
1
1
42
14
1
26
223
4
19
1
2
3
16
14
200
137
1
3
14
1
2
141
3
3
18
7
3
17
7
1
2
1
10
47
1
5
46
46
400
2
3
2
1
3
108
1
60
111
6
1
371
308
21
2
1
1
Blog Posts
APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
November 5, 2026
Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
November 5, 2026
NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research
November 5, 2026