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Summer Czarnowski, a geosciences intern at Sandia National Laboratories, holds a line tethered between a scientific payload and a weather balloon prior to launch at Moriarty Airport in New Mexico in July.

Credit: Craig Fritz, Sandia National Laboratories

Summer Czarnowski, a geosciences intern at Sandia National Laboratories, holds a line tethered between a scientific payload and a weather balloon prior to launch at Moriarty Airport in New Mexico in July.

« Study Asks: Can Cell Phone Signals Help Land a Plane?

Sandia National Laboratories intern Will Barrett prepares the payload for launch. The payload records GPS and non-GPS signals. After the flight, researchers compare their calculations from non-GPS signals to the actual positions.

Credit: Craig Fritz, Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories intern Will Barrett prepares the payload for launch. The payload records GPS and non-GPS signals. After the flight, researchers compare their calculations from non-GPS signals to the actual positions.

« Study Asks: Can Cell Phone Signals Help Land a Plane?

From left to right, Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Prabodh Jhaveri, intern Will Barrett, technologist Michael Fleigle and intern Summer Czarnowski prepare a payload for a weather
balloon launch.

Credit: Craig Fritz, Sandia National Laboratories

From left to right, Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer Prabodh Jhaveri, intern Will Barrett, technologist Michael Fleigle and intern Summer Czarnowski prepare a payload for a weather balloon launch.

« Study Asks: Can Cell Phone Signals Help Land a Plane?

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