DemonSats team completes successful space balloon launch

DemonSats who launched a sounding balloon payload into space on May 20 are, from left, Brett Brady (NSU), Eben Dorris, Noah Schleifstein, Maddie Riles and Kiera Robinson (LSMSA). Not pictured is Zaiba Daud (NSU).
DemonSats who launched a sounding balloon payload into space on May 20 are, from left, Brett Brady (NSU), Eben Dorris, Noah Schleifstein, Maddie Riles and Kiera Robinson (LSMSA). Not pictured is Zaiba Daud (NSU).

The DemonSats, a student research team from Northwestern State University and the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, mentored by Professor of Physics Anna Dugas, successfully sent a sounding balloon payload into space on the LaSPACE ACES-72 launch at the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas.

“The balloon launched near 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20. The flight a…