Area school teachers attending the Collaborative Regional Education Academy conference test-launch "practice" payloads on two helium-filled balloons Wednesday, June 21, 2017 at Southeast Missouri State University. The mission was to prepare for a launch Aug. 21 on the day of the full solar eclipse.
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