In August 2021, Enrique Gomez and Nathan Eckhoff began researching methods on detecting high energy particles, and develop it for a high altitude balloon flight. Eventually, this experiment could be integrated into a CubeSat to fly in space. An electrical engineering student found an open source Desktop Muon Detector from the Massachusetts Institude of Technology (MIT) and sent the information to both Enrique Gomez and Nathan Eckhoff. They determined that building the open source Muon Detector could assist them in designing one to operate on a high altitude balloon flight. After bringing Ian Green onboard, Ian and Nathan went through the part list provided by MIT and updated parts that were out of stock or not carried anymore through DigiKey. Once the parts arrived, Ian Green and Jackson Reeves assembled the custom printed circuit boards. Ian, Jackson, and Nathan were able to get the Muon Detector working and detecting high energy particle instances, but due to the design of the printed circuit board, the team was unable to store this data. Thus, the planned high altitude balloon was put on hold until the problem with the Muon Detector could be diagnosed and fixed. Ian planned to redesign the printed circuit board in the Spring 2022 semester, but due to his class load, he was unable too. The progress made on the Muon Detector was sufficient to become the primary experiment when later discussions about transferring this research project into a Capstone project.