The New England Weather Balloon Society (NEWBS) has launched — hosted by New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick). NEWBS is dedicated to “the collaborative and iterative process of building and launching high altitude balloons to the edge of space to take instrumentation readings, record video footage, and conduct experiments.” It’s open to all ages. Use this form to inquire or express interest. The group meets online via Discord and in person at NE Sci-Tech. Current projects include:

• HABGab 2023 will fly a repeater into the stratosphere and stream live video from the flight onto YouTube.
• StratoScience Lab is a class for middle and high school students to design and launch a high altitude balloon full of scientific and engineering experiments.