St. Catherine University partners with University of Minnesota
to launch high-altitude weather balloon During Minnesota
Aerospace and Aviation Week, students and faculty from St.
Catherine University teamed up with students and faculty from
the University of Minnesota to launch a high-altitude weather
balloon on Flight Day. The goal of the flight was to use a
helium-filled latex weather balloon to lift scientific payloads
into “near space.” Students and faculty would then recover the
units, retrieving data that would later be used for scientific
research. Though the weather balloon did not reach its
anticipated height on this particular day, the students
conducted a successful launch. For more information about
liberal arts at St. Catherine University, visit the School of
Humanities, Arts and Sciences website.