Photos: Science unbound
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
A boy plays with Oobleck, a mixture of cornstarch and water, at the festival on June 7, where a Voorheesville physics class was stirring a thrill for science.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Flying closer to the sun: To put their yearlong project, Icarus, into action, students bring out cameras and telemetry for the balloon.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Prepping the weather balloon to be filled with helium, members of Voorheesville’s Advance Placement physics class, wearing safety glasses and latex gloves, make sure everything is correct before they set the balloon off.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
For send off, students tie the newly inflated balloon before watching it lift away. The experimental payload is to reach 100,000 feet as video cameras film the journey and the curvature of the Earth; the payload is to be recovered with a GPS and radio locating system.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Hands up: Physics students protect their helium balloon on Sunday afternoon, making sure it doesn’t touch the ground and pop before it is airborne.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
A white orb, The balloon floated into a blue sky as the students and spectators watched and cheered.