Project Icarus

Students launch camera to edge of space, snap pics of Earth

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And on September 2, the go-it-alone pair floated a balloon-camera high enough into the atmosphere to photograph the curvature of the Earth and the deep black of space, all on a lunch-money budget of $148.

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Students launch camera to edge of space, snap pics of Earth


Comment: Very very cool! Check out the pics!