JP Aerospace Blog

New Video! A forgotten bit of the space program.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/46wwGq_N5Kk

This was taken out the window of the Aurora 7 Mercury capsule by Astronaut Scott Carpenter. Mercury Tether Balloon Experiment, lost history of the space program. Video release tomorrow at 9am. Watch for it here!

The team spent the morning working on the Ellipse airship. We reinstalled the air beam structure inside the outer envelope.

New Video! https://youtube.com/shorts/K0WDnbJX7kw?feature=share

This is a quick short showing off our 3d printed high altitude helium valves.

I’ve been experimenting with creating a Logo/Banner for our submarine. It’s not quite there yet, but this is where I’m heading. This was done with all the tools: Midjourney, MS Paint, Paintshop pro and finally Canva. Yes, no?

The gang got the first inner helium cell for the Ellipse airship complete. The vehicle will use four. Will did a test inflation with air. it just fits in the room.

Video! https://youtu.be/I_gYJeUCjXA

This is a quick walk through of our MiniQuad rocket engine. It’s just 14 inches long, but it’s the next step.