Suzie Boss Journalist and PBL advocate

When six middle-school girls from Bowling Green, Kentucky, got the wild idea to launch a camera into space, they knew there would be big challenges ahead. They would have to learn about everything from weather balloons to high-definition cameras, raise thousands of dollars to buy the gear they needed, and work together (with help from a few trusty adults) to address a host of technical challenges.

Three months later, they had breathtaking photographic evidence — taken from 22 miles above Earth — to prove that they had accomplished their mission. Says 12-year-old team member Anna Scifres, “We actually DID this!”

via Girls Launch Their Own High-Interest STEM Project — into Space.