The ballooning program at UND utilizes a vast range of latex balloons, ranging
from 350 grams to 3000 grams in mass. NSBs are significantly cheaper than launching
experiments onboard a high-powered rocket; and are able to transport combinations of different science subjects concurrently. The largest balloon ever flown at UND was a
3000-gram balloon by the electrical engineering team, using three tanks of compressed
helium (Livingston, 2007). Every year, NDSGC aims to advance their efforts in STEM
education, expanding on their programs, contacts, and launch methods.