LaACES 2006-2007 Sessions Begin - 09/06
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The LaACES 2006-2007 Program has started at 5 Universities
across the State of Louisiana. Participating institutions include LSU,
McNeese, SUBR, LaTech, and UNO. |
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LaACES
Recruitment for 2006-2007 Session - 6/14/06
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LaACES will begin its next season of student training and
balloon payload development this coming fall. Institutions anticipated
to be involved in the 2006-2007 academic year program include Louisiana
State University, University of New Orleans, Southern University,
Louisiana Tech and McNeese. Students interested in participating in
this years program should contact their institution LaACES leader (See
the Groups page).
The first session at LSU will begin on Tuesday September 5, 2006.
See the following
page for further information. Only 16 seats for the 2006-2007
session are available at LSU. To reserve your seat contact John
Wefel (
wefel@phunds.phys.lsu.edu
) or Greg Guzik (
guzik@phunds.phys.lsu.edu
)
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LaACES
Balloon Launch Successfully Concluded - 5/29/06
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This year two balloon vehicles were successfully launched
from the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility. ACES-04 launched on May
23, 2006 reached an altitude of close to 109,000 feet before the balloon
burst and ACES-05 launched on May 24, 2006 was successfully cut-down at
an altitude of ~97,000 feet. These vehicles carried student-built
payloads from LSU-BR, LaTech and McNeese. Futher, details about the
flights and payloads can be found on the
Flight Information page. |
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Archived
News and Events
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More ancient news and events related to LaACES and/or the
ACES pilot project can be found through this
link. |
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