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Mechanical and electrical engineering majors are working to make a 21-foot blimp fly from one location to another using GPS navigation and remote control. The senior capstone project is sponsored by Boeing. Pictured here is Angela Carrasco, May ‘07 mechanical engineering graduate.

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Free ride for BalloonSat yields big success Image of central New Mexico taken from NMSU's BalloonSat

No aimless wanderer, NMSU’s latest student satellite was a hitchhiker with a purpose. Catching a ride on a test flight of a new NASA experimental balloon in late May, the little "BalloonSat" proved itself viable, sending photographs from on high and taking measurements that will further cosmic-ray research.

The balloon launch of the satellite was the latest in the four-year odyssey of a project that to date has involved more than 100 electrical and mechanical engineering students in their senior design courses. Mechanical engineering students designed the structure and electrical engineering students designed the software and electronics components. Each semester the design was refined as new groups of students tested and improved the satellite.

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