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The longest running project at the SSCL is the High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology (HABET) program. This program has enabled students to design, build and fly spacecraft to the edge of our atmosphere and back to earth. The HABET team has flown many experiments that have included [[Micro-g environment|micro gravity]], [[Worm|worms]], collection of [[Atmosphere of Earth|atmospheric data]], and high quality images and videos. To date, the HABET team has flown over 130 flights, has obtained an altitude record of 121,793 feet (ASL), has flown [[Payload|payloads]] up to 50 lbs, and has continually been developing new techniques and hardware for [[High-altitude balloon|High Altitude Balloons]].[[Image:HABET 1.jpg|thumb| HABET Flight Stack]]

=== IJEMS history ===

The ISAT project was never fully funded. In September 1994, an opportunity to fly an experiment aboard the [[Space Shuttle|space shuttle]] was presented. One of the original experiments for the ISAT project was incorporated into a design to be flown aboard the space shuttle in a project called the Iowa Joint Experiment in Microgravity Solidification (IJEMS). The project involved many institutions, including [[Iowa State University]] (ISU), the University of Iowa, the [[Ames Laboratory]], the Institute for Physical Research and Technology, [[Rockwell International]], and [[Space Industries Incorporated]]. In September 1995<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://repository.kaust.edu.sa/bitstream/handle/10754/209409/GarethLlewellynThesis.pdf}}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=July 2022}}, the project was successfully flown on board [[STS-69]].