The 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.
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Away 127 Flies!
Success! The Away 127 mission flew Sunday morning.
The vehicle has been recovered & the team is home safe and sound.
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Heading up top!
The 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! -
Ascender 36 Gets Upgrades
Ascender 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.
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Airship Float Test Saturday
Tomorrow is the big day for the Ascender 9 airship. First float test! The team has been pushing hard and I think we’re ready.
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Three Airships
Ascender 26 (left), Ascender 9 (middle), and Ascender 36 (right) all together. Ascender 26 looks so small next to Ascender 9.
Note: we changed how we name them, before it was by length, now it’s number of ones we’ve built.
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Drones eye view of Ascender 9
A drones view of Ascender 9. We had 3 drones observing the up top valves, vents and pumps during the test. They have become an important tool in building vehicles this big.
