The Big Picture
August 21st, 2018Ascender Receives Airworthness Certificate
August 20th, 2018Success! For the last week JPA, the FAA and the Ascender have been out in the desert. We were issued the Certificate of Airworthiness for the airship. It’s the accumulation of 2 years of work.
The Ascender is the 1st UAV airship in the world to be so licensed.
Status of Bellavia
June 26th, 2018I haven’t posted any current pics of Belle (Bellavia, our submarine) in a while. It’s just really hard to get good pics with all the clutter of the shop in the background. Here’s Belle as of yesterday, clutter and all.
Artists Conception of the TransAtmospheric Ascender
June 26th, 2018The TransAtmospheric Ascender approaching the Dark Sky Station while the Orbital Ascender departs for the International Space Station. Make big plans, then do them.
Submarine Progress
June 26th, 2018We got the new hatch hinges mounted on Belle. The hatch has changed from a two person wrestling match to an easy one hand lift. Still a bit of trimming and adjusting to go.
Facility Upgrades
May 16th, 2018Our launch site, infamous Area 42, now has internet and a phone!
Another Run to the Edge of Space
May 16th, 2018Yesterday we flew Away 128 to 111,194 feet. The vehicle carried PongSats, three cameras, an upgraded balloon release system, a six degree of freedom tracking system for the Ascender airship and the regular host of vehicle flight systems.
