Scientists prepare to send a balloon (IMAGE)

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Scientists prepare to send a balloon

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NASA astrophysicist Tonia Venters and JEM-EUSO spokesperson Etienne Parizot review the partially assembled fluorescence telescope, part of a mission to fly 110,000 feet above the Earth to search for incoming particles, at the Colorado School of Mines.

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Photo by Angela Olinto

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