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Last year we held our first High-Altitude Balloon Challenge for Civil Air Patrol cadets. The top team earned a $5,000 grant. CAP cadets develop as many science experiments as will fit into a 50-milliliter capsule weighing no more than 40 grams and send them into the stratosphere. Registration closes April 30 for our 2022 competition. https://bit.ly/3OrNQh0 #STEM #CAPCadet #CivilAirPatrol | Civil Air Patrol

Last year, more than 1,500 cadets from 122 squadrons across all eight Civil Air Patrol regions participated in CAP's National High-Altitude Balloon Challenge. Our cadets designed more than 500 experiments for launching to the stratosphere in 50-milliliter test tubes on high-altitude weather balloons. Begun as the first national cadet STEM competition in 2021, the balloon challenge involves innovative cadet-designed science experiments to test high altitudes’ effects on various items. Teams from