The Next Big Thing for Exploring the Distant Universe: Balloons

Posted on July 11, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

balloonSource: The Atlantic.com

 By: Megan Garber

A way to get 99 % of the way into space, at 1 % of the cost of a satellite.   Continue reading →

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Modern zeppelins may help develop Russia’s regions

Posted on July 2, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

dirizhabl_468Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines (rbth.ru)

By: Svetlana Sibina, Rossiyskaya Gazeta

Special design cargo airships are being allocated for the delivery of freights across isolated Russian regions

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Lockheed Martin to Certify Giant Airship Next Year

Posted on June 29, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

bcpixSource: AVweb.com

By Mary Grady, Contributing editor

Lockheed Martin has been at work on a giant high-lift hybrid airship since at least 2005, and the company now is moving toward certification and first delivery as soon as next year. Continue reading →

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Dawn of the dirigibles: The new age of the airship?

Posted on June 28, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

06 - Aeroscraft-cargo-airshipSource: CNN.com

By Bryony Jones, CNN

Once upon a time, the airship was hailed as the future of flight: as glamorous, luxurious and fashionable as the Art Deco era which marked its heyday.

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Cluster Balloonist Ready for Transatlantic Flight

Posted on June 28, 2013 by LighterThanAirSociety

02Source: AVweb.com

By Mary Grady, Contributing editor AVweb.com

In the far northeast corner of the U.S., near the small town of Caribou, Maine, cluster-balloon pilot Jonathan Trappe is getting ready to fly his unusual lighter-than-air system across the Atlantic. Continue reading →

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