This shows one of our early air beams being used as a rib in one of our Ascender airships.
Air Beam Rib
March 5th, 2018Student Day
March 5th, 2018It was a student day at JPA Saturday. They jumped in on installing submarine parts and testing the new air beam.
Air Beam Development
March 5th, 2018The team put the new air beam through it’s paces last weekend. Air beams will eventually replace the carbon trusses we use in our airships and Dark Sky Stations. We loaded the new beam with 48 pound of weights with only 1.2 psi internal pressure.
Away 127 Flies!
November 21st, 2017Success! The Away 127 mission flew Sunday morning.
The vehicle has been recovered & the team is home safe and sound.
Heading up top!
November 18th, 2017The team is rolling to the desert! Tomorrow morning we fly Away 127. This will be flight no. 192. On board will be over 300 PongSats, airship experiments and two customer payloads.
It’s going to 17 degrees during prep. brrrr.
Wish us luck!
New Dark Sky Station Art
November 10th, 2017
Ascender 36 Gets Upgrades
October 15th, 2017Ascender 9 is dissembled and back at the shop. We have the hanger for a few more days so we got some work in on Ascender 36.
Even through the new airship is a lot bigger, the smaller Ascender 36 still has a lot to tell us.
The JPA Store