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Students from Oklahoma State University's Radiation Physics Laboratory built and launched a cosmic radiation detector this summer that reached the edge of outer space.

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Students from OSUs Radiation Physics Laboratory built and successfully launched a cosmic radiation detector this summer that reached the edge of outer space.  Carried by a helium-filled balloon 12 inches in diameter, the detector flew for more than two hours and reached 104,000 feet in altitude.  The device recorded radiation levels at the varying altitudes information that will be used by NASA to develop instrumentation for space flight.

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