NASA report that last month, when the sun unleashed the most intense radiation storm since 2003, peppering satellites with charged particles and igniting strong auroras around both poles, a group of high school students in Bishop, California, knew just what to do.
They launched a rubber chicken with a pair of badges to register radiation levels attached to her knitted spacesuit.
Watch NASA Camilla SDO – Chaos at 119,000 feet (March 10, 2012)
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Read the full NASA story at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/19apr_camilla/
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