Next Saturday, 15 April, two sounding balloons will be launched from the town of Ejea de los Caballeros, in Zaragoza, taking to the stratosphere the scientific experiments of 14 schools from all over the country taking part in the eighth edition of the Servet citizen science project.
Anyone interested in watching the launches can come to the area outside the Aquagraria Museum, where they can learn about the details and preparations, chat with the students and teachers who built the capsules and follow the balloons’ path until they re-enter the Earth from the stratosphere.
- Launch site: Aquagraria Museum, Ciudad del Agua. Calle Manuel Lorenzo Pardo, s/n, 50600 Ejea de los Caballeros (Zaragoza)
- Opening time for the public: 10:00
- Scheduled launch time: 11:00
Students and teachers will arrive in Zaragoza on Friday 14 April and will work at Etopia Centre for Art and Technology, where they will fine-tune the probes for launch. The effort and dedication of the students in preparing their experiments will culminate in the most eagerly awaited moment: the launch of their experiments.
The results of the experiments will be presented on Sunday from 9 in the morning at Etopia, where the students of the participating schools will stay throughout the weekend.
Servet fosters innovation and creativity among young students, and also promotes collaboration and the exchange of knowledge among the participating schools, creating an enriching learning environment among schools from all over Spain, with schools from Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, the Canary Islands, Castile and León, Catalonia, the Valencian Community and La Rioja.
Servet has the support of the Ibercivis Foundation, the University of Zaragoza through the Aragon Engineering Research Institute (I3A), Etopia Centre for Art and Technology, the CESAR Laboratories at Etopia, the Spanish Radio Amateurs Union and Ejea de los Caballeros Town Council, and is funded by the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology – Ministry of Science and Innovation.
