A Teaching Tool, 17 Miles Up
Posted: December 19, 2009 at 4:10 a.m.
LAUNCH AND LEARN Taylor Parks, 15, right, holds onto a tether line Friday while preparing to launch a weather balloon with Northwest Technical Institute instructor Mark Huffman, second right, and students Cody Johnson and Phillip Stewart at Crossroads Alternative School in Rogers.
A latex weather balloon laden with equipment burst Friday at an altitude of 93,000 feet, about 17.6 miles.
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