JP Aerospace Blog

Pic from the archive.

An early JPA rockoon flight (balloon launched rocket) from 1995.

Sometimes the fabric is too big for the tables. Jan and Paul spent last Saturday on their hands and knees cutting fabric for the air beams on Ascender 26B.

These will be the 21 foot long beams for the leading & trailed edges.

The O2 tank sleeve for Bella is hot off the printer. Now it on to the rails and brackets.

Where are your students going today? PongSat student experiments at the edge of space.

Every now & then being in the space/aviation field gives you the privilege to meet extraordinary people. After a long day of lecturers I ended up hanging out making paper airplanes with Paul MacCready. It was like talking shop with Orville Wright. Magic evening.

The CAD drawing of our submarine is starting to catch up with the real thing.

This is what a student’s science lab should look like.