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Student-built PASCAL collects stratospheric particles on NASA balloon
A University of Chicago student team flew a particle collector to 23 miles on a NASA high-altitude balloon and retrieved samples for analysis.
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A University of Chicago student team built and flew PASCAL, a particle collector, to 23 miles on a NASA high-altitude balloon. NASA ended the flight early due to drift, but the payload was recovered with stratospheric particles for study.
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