Who needs NASA? Spending less than it costs to take an airplane ride, a handful of industrious Spanish students sent a balloon100,000 feet into space, tracking it by radio signal via Google Earth.

From 20 miles above the Earth’s surface, their handmade spacecraft took compelling photographs of the planet from above which they recovered when they found the landed balloon just over five miles from where they launched it.

Teens Launch Balloon into Space for Less than $100

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