High-Altitude Balloon Near-Space Experiment (NSE) Launch
UNO’s TED/STEM 8860 Invention & Innovation in Engineering Education will conduct a “dual” high-altitude balloon near-space experiment (NSE) launch with the UNL Aerospace eXperimental Payload (AXP) student team.
TED/STEM 8860 graduate candidates (in-service STEM educators) are developing content- and grade-appropriate NSEs for their respective classrooms. AXP is testing components for a nanosatellite and supervising Lincoln middle school students’ NSEs.
The launch will be on Saturday, April 24th (weather-permitting) at 10 am at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, NE. Governor Pete Ricketts (tentative) and Representative Don Bacon are scheduled to attend along with invited media outlets.
For more information, contact: Dr. Derrick A. Nero at dnero@unomaha.edu.