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Last month Gemini flew again. At least a two inch model did. This beautiful creation by John at 

http://johnspapermodelsetc.blogspot.com flew to 97,704 aboard Away 66.

Here’s from last months Away 67 recovery. It landed waaaay up that mountain.

This pair of tests were used to measure the Faraday current of the individual electrodes on the Hall magnetohydrodynamic generator.

JPA stomping down the cost of space.  $320 your mission, your experiment, commercial project or competition entry or anything to the edge of space.

The MiniCube is small plastic box five cm on a side. On the base is a standard camera tripod mount. You put your project inside the cube and mail it to JP Aerospace. We carry it to the edge of space then send it back to you. MiniCubes can be used for research, commercial applications, art, inspiration or anything you can imagine. Run your own space program!

When you purchase a MiniCube you will get a MiniCube and a flight. After the flight your MiniCube will be returned to you along with a data sheet about the mission and a CD with images and video from the flight. MiniCube and flight comb is only $320.

MiniCube are the next step up from PongSats. PongSats are still going strong and are always free, but if you need more space, MiniCubes are the answer.

Next MiniCube flight is to 100,000 feet on high altitude balloon on September 22, 2012. There are twenty spaces available.

MiniCube home page:

http://www.jpaerospace.com/minicube/index.html

MiniCube on Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/JPAMiniCube

About 400 PongSats on the last mission were from Japan.  Forty-four of those were from Ginganosato Elementary School.

Away 66 balloon carried a valve experiment. Because of the experiment we had the balloon extreme close to the vehicle. It let us get a great shot of the burst.

PongSats experience micro-gravity on descent. Here’s are PongSats on Away 65 floating:

Coming soon…