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.
Photo by Marc Henning
A latex weather balloon laden with equipment burst Friday at an altitude of 93,000 feet, about 17.6 miles.
Before it burst, the equipment provided information some Rogers students will use in science-related studies.
A parachute aided the equipment, which landed near Omaha in northern Boone County about 53 miles — as the balloon flew — from the launch site.
Students at Crossroads, an alternative school in the Rogers School District, gathered to help with the launch at The Annex on South First Street.
Billy Graham, an instructor for the Northwest Technical Institute, was in the charge of the launch. He said he launches the balloons at schools to help get students interested in science and engineering.
Friday’s launch was ...
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