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Archive Home > 2009 > July > 30 > Students - and their lab - take to the skies

Students - and their lab - take to the skies

New airborne research program, a collaboration between NASA and the University of North Dakota, is part field trip and part science experiment

By Shara Yurkiewicz / The Bulletin
July 30, 2009

PALMDALE, Calif. — Just 1,000 feet above the ground, people, cars and trees were still visible from the small plane. The air was turbulent here, shaking the passengers as they took their careful measurements.

“Open,” called a student operating a probe that protruded....

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