Display Case 4: Cosmic Rays balloon research

"Reaching New Heights: The Life and Legacy of Michael W. Friedlander"
curated by Emily Alberts, Wash Univ Archives, summer 2023

Articles from this web site for this part of the exhibit:

WU Magazine 1965
Summer 1965: complete WU Magazine article about Cosmic Rays
1961 grant announcement
October 1961 announcing WU space study grant Linked from this site's grants page.
1962 St. Louis newspapers
June 1962 articles about WU South Africa
balloon campaign

Closeup photos of other parts of this display case

LHS disp[lay case 4
balloon flights (left side of case)
Photo by unknown Wash U photographer with iPhone 14 Pro.

RHS disp[lay case 4
balloon flights (right side of case)
Photo by unknown Wash U photographer with iPhone 14 Pro.

1959 balloon gondola4
1959 balloon gondola — See the
"if found please call" note.
1972 Map (B)
1972 balloon tracking map (part 1)
1972 Map (A)
1972 balloon tracking map (part 2)
1972 Map (A)
1958 gondola and balloon; Altitude graph
1958 Michael and gondola
1958: Michael and others with gondola