Rain Delay for Away 121. Our PongSat/MiniCube mission is scrubbed again. The forecast is showing rain and twenty-five mph surface winds. The landing site was not looking good either, 285 km away into a pretty inaccessible mountain range. We are looking at next week for the reschedule.
Away 121 PongSats Mission Rain Delay
October 13th, 2016Floating to Space Now on Amazon
September 27th, 2016Floating to Space: The Airship to Orbit Program is now on Amazon directly from the author. The book now includes bonus content. Two mission DVD’s and data sheets.
The seller is ‘Sand Brick Technologies’ the author’s company.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1894959736?m=AEUM1KJFXQIKI&ref_=v_sp_widget_detail_page
Ascender 36 Climbing Out
September 27th, 2016
Launching Ascender 36
September 14th, 2016
JPA now has its own launch facility
September 14th, 2016The JPA Advanced Research Facility, Area 42. It’s pretty sparse now, but watch it grow.
JPA at Dent:Space
September 14th, 2016JPA will be at Dent:Space next week. Stop by and say Hi!
https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/kickstarting-exploration-at-dent-space
Ascender 36 Flies!
September 12th, 2016Last Sunday the Ascender 36 airship took off from our new launch facility in Northern Nevada.
The first flight of Ascender 36 was a real shake down. It took two hours more than planned to get her into the air. Instead of the forecasted calm morning, we had windy condition with the wind howling from the opposite direction. However when we got her into the air she put her nose up and screamed in to the sky. Our minimum goal was to fly to 7,000 feet. If all went well we would push bit by bit to 10,000 feet. Our goal climb rate was 400 feet per minute. In the end we climbed an average 582 feet per minute and flew all the way to 13,512 feet. We landed her 11 miles down range.
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