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Students launch ‘stuff’ into space

Students launch 'stuff' into space | iNFOnews.ca
Grade 9 students at Dr. Knox Middle School in Kelowna launched a weather balloon into space. YouTube

KELOWNA – The grade nine students at Dr. Knox Middle School in Kelowna launched a weather balloon, with cameras attached, that climbed 95,000 feet in space.

The video of the experiment was posted to YouTube last week.

The spacecraft was launched from the school yard at Dr. Knox.

The balloon burst and the craft landed in the Cascade mountains south of the border in Washington State where it was recovered.

To contact the reporter for this story, email halexander@infotelnews.ca or call 250-491-0331.

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Howard Alexander

Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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