CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants release a high-altitude balloon to carry an instrument package as part of an aerial experiment by the program. The balloon was released at Kennedy Space Center and its instrument package was recovered to the southeast as planned. Photo credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A high-altitude balloon floats into the sky carrying an instrument package as part of an aerial experiment by the Rocket University program. The balloon was released at Kennedy Space Center and its instrument package was recovered to the southeast as planned. Photo credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants fill a high-altitude balloon before releasing it to carry an instrument package as part of an aerial experiment by the program. The balloon was released at Kennedy Space Center and its instrument package was recovered to the southeast as planned. Photo credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants release a high-altitude balloon to carry an instrument package as part of an aerial experiment by the program. The balloon was released at Kennedy Space Center and its instrument package was recovered to the southeast as planned. Photo credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants fill a high-altitude balloon before releasing it to carry an instrument package as part of an aerial experiment by the program. The balloon was released at Kennedy Space Center and its instrument package was recovered to the southeast as planned. Photo credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Rocket University participants prepare to release a high-altitude balloon to carry an instrument package as part of an aerial experiment by the program. The balloon was released at Kennedy Space Center and its instrument package was recovered to the southeast as planned. Photo credit: NASA/Dmitri Gerondidakis