 Minnesota's new state flag has been launched into space for the first time. An engineering team from the University of Minnesota 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 wanted to study how those materials would behave outside of Earth's atmosphere. Governor Walz responded to the university's social media post about the launch, saying, Well, that's friggin' sweet.