The New England Sci-Tech (NEST) STEM education center (16 Tech Circle, off Route 9 in Natick) will offer StratoScience 2024, an engineering class hosted by the New England Weather Balloon Society. Students will work both independently and together to design and build a scientific payload aboard a high altitude balloon that will fly to the edge of space. Students will participate in the planning, building, launching, tracking, recovery, and analysis of the mission. Register for the required Info Session, which is offered on two alternate dates: October 28 and November 4. Classes begin November 18 and will meet on most Saturdays, 1PM-2PM, until August 24.