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That Ball's Outta the Ballpark, Into the Stratosphere!
MLB team helps launch weather balloon into spaceIn honor of 2012 Aerospace and Aviation Week, the Minnesota Twins organization, NASA's Minnesota Space Grant Consortium and University of Minnesota aerospace engineering students joined forces to launch a weather balloon into the stratosphere before the Twins' game on Sunday, Sept. 17.
The weather balloon made it out of the ballpark carrying not only a camera and GPS tracker to record its journey, but also an official game ball signed by Twins sluggers Josh Willingham and Justin Morneau.
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