JP Aerospace Blog

Away 123 is ready to flight. This will be our 188th mission.

We roll to the desert in the morning for a setup. Liftoff is Sunday Morning.

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The weather looks good, winds aloft are low. We are go for a run to 100,000 feet this weekend. The vehicle is Away 123.

This will be our 188th mission.

We completed Ascender 9 outer envelope. It was time to inflate it and see if we sewed it right. Our next step is to mount the truss structure.Then it will be on to installing inner lift cells, and all the plumbing. The motors go on at the end.

It also was our first real work in the new building.

Away 123 has been scheduled and rescheduled. The weather has been making us just a bit crazy.

Away 123 is now on for June 25th. It will carry PongSats, MiniCubes, ATO experiments, a helium release valve and six cameras.

We’ve completed the outer envelope of the Ascender 9 airship. We’re hoping to do a first inflation test Wednesday night if the weather and parking lot allow.