JP Aerospace Blog http://jpaerospace.com/blog Our Journey to Space Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:55:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Sub Upgrade http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8522 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8522#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:54:44 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8522 The sub is getting a new “full daylight” monitor. This is the new monitor on the new rotating mounting system.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8522 0 Telemetry Madness http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8505 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8505#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2025 16:36:14 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8505 New Video:

https://youtube.com/shorts/_YVPRo16QSw?si=XU3F7ziC6b7AfT9t

10,000 messages to the edge space, and back… A short peek at the wildest telemetry mission we’re ever flown.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8505 0 New Submarine Sensor Computer http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8500 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8500#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:30:36 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8500 The sub has a new computer for sensors. Sensors are managed at 3 levels. 1st, A&D sensors connected to an Arduino. It handles any big swings, the “reflex” actions. Data then passes to this PC for display, logging, warnings. Then data is bluetoothed to the AI PC for big decisions.

This is the architecture that we will use for the sensor system in the high altitude crew module.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8500 0 Build Spaceships! http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8495 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8495#comments Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:34:23 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8495 New Video!

https://youtube.com/shorts/1-qNsIE51Hg?si=G4F-WkMjGoA_7j7O

24 seconds of both a rallying cry and just for fun.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8495 0 Submarine Test 3 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8489 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8489#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2025 22:49:01 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8489 New Video: https://youtu.be/Bu7vB2WkPv8 Submarine Test 3.

A bit of a higher adventure to mission ratio than I like but the lessons learned were worth it and we lived to tell the tale.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8489 0 New Video! Rendezvous and Docking in the Upper Atmosphere http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8485 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8485#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:45:43 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8485 Advanced operations in the upper atmosphere.

https://youtu.be/RhzJfWjKSf4?si=Hi9pvAEb-Y4eo0K9

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8485 0 STEM Launch http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8478 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8478#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:17:31 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8478 New Video Short! https://youtube.com/shorts/yVuQwA6xnM0?si=fEb5XoyXk5mOpDFS

Last December we did a night model rocket launch at Katherine Johnson Middle School for an open house for their new campus. We just may have made some new astronauts that night.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8478 0 New ATO Animation http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8473 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8473#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:33:44 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8473 New Video! youtu.be/fdfTCBRwijI We’ve been working on the new animation for the Airship to Orbit launch system. Here it is with all the new configuration updates and an explanation of this huge crazy project.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8473 0 Air beams Mods for the Ellipse Airship http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8468 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8468#comments Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:50:12 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8468 Last night we inflated the internal beam structures for the Ellipse out in the parking lot. We separated the one contiguous beam into two. One behind the leading edge of the wing and the other for the trailing edge (pic).
]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8468 0 Launch site work http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8459 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8459#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:45:39 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8459 We had 60 mph winds at Area 42 a month ago. It tore the roof off the bathroom. I found one piece a 1/2 mile away and yes there was a rattle snake already living under it. A day of repair later and I think we’ll get one more flight season out of it.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8459 0 Ellipse Airship Work http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8452 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8452#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:34:20 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8452
The air beam internal structures for the Ellipse airship don’t fit inside so it’s out to the parking lot. Yesterday were working on the alignment between the inner membrane and the outer shell.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8452 0 Still Here http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8443 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8443#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:32:51 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8443 New Video: https://youtu.be/fn3T_uPcdBQ?si=AcLdkDGi57CfxQti

We’re still here! Apologies for the rant in advance. With all the weirdness in the space world today I just needed to shout it. Are you in the space biz, still here? Give a shout out! Show your stuff!

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8443 0 and the foot bone is connected to the ankle bone… http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8435 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8435#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2025 18:59:22 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8435 On our last test in the sub we had a problem w/ life support, a spike in CO2. Oddly it was from the trailer. The new launch site is 90 mins on the hwy. Vibration caused the CO2 absorber to slump in the filters leaving a bypass. 3d printed girds in the scrubbers should fix it.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8435 0 Submarine Test 3 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8429 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8429#comments Fri, 16 May 2025 16:20:18 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8429 Submarine test 3 successfully completed. Everyone safe and sound and very tired. New surprises, challenges and a whole pile of todo’s. Working the program.

]]> http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?feed=rss2&p=8429 0 Mission Eve http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8424 http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8424#comments Wed, 14 May 2025 21:47:20 +0000 Administrator http://jpaerospace.com/blog/?p=8424
New Video: https://youtu.be/fKyuZd_vVZA
It’s Mission Eve
Thoughts on tomorrow.
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