U of M team launches new Minnesota flag into space

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - An engineering team from the University of Minnesota announced a successful balloon launch into space. 

What happened?

The team included engineers from the university's mechanical and aerospace engineering departments. 

The balloon took three flags into orbit; the United States flag, the newly christened Minnesota flag and the U of M flag. 

The backstory

It launched from Montgomery, Minnesota, on Wednesday with a "research payload" along with the flags.