What’s Happening at JPA

These sure are a happy bunch of PongSats. I love the blend of art with science you get with PongSats.

Here’s a great article on future astronauts getting ready to fly on our next mission.

http://nativenewsonline.net/currents/noli-indian-school-jp-aerospace-set-to-launch-a-native-american-basket-into-space-in-an-out-of-this-world-science-project/

UOP is flying a CubeSat on our Away 118 Balloon flight next week.  Here’s a great article with video of the students building their CubeSat.

http://www.recordnet.com/article/20150928/NEWS/150929708

Bellavia is getting closer and closer to the water.

The third Tandem airship is under construction at JPA. Tandem 2 is the highest flying airship it the world flying at 95,000 feet in 2011. Tandem 3 will fly at even higher altitudes and also have longer duration. We are expecting first flight in early 2016.

Kevin holding up the completed keel truss of the Tandem 3 airship.

Ascender 26 in flight.

JP measuring surface winds just after Ascender launch,