 The new state flag of Minnesota was recently sent into space for the first time by an engineering team from the University of Minnesota. They launched a balloon carrying the flag in Montgomery on Wednesday. The U.S. and U of M flags were also attached to the balloon's payload, which contained nanofabricated materials. The engineering team's goal was to study how these materials would behave outside of Earth's atmosphere. After the launch, Governor Walz responded to the university's social media posts by saying, quote, well, that's friggin' sweet. Fantastic quote.