Student's experiment booked for a flight to space

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

An experiment inspired by Silly String and built by a first-year Waterloo Engineering student is scheduled to travel into space today aboard a Blue Origin rocket.

Olivia Ye, who is studying mechatronics engineering, was still in high school in her hometown of Newmarket when she participated in an online Shad Canada program two years ago that will culminate with a launch in Texas.

“Knowing that something you made is being sent to space is truly an awesome feeling,” she said.

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