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Tag Archives: high altitude helium balloons
Getting the low-density supersonic decelerator (LDSD) vehicle to test altitude
Source: phys.org By Keith Koehler In June NASA will conduct the second flight of the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) test vehicle from the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) located on the Island of Kauai, Hawaii.
NASA Concludes Most Rigorous Super Pressure Balloon Flight to Date
Source: NASA – nasa.gov Following 32 days of flying its most rigorous test to date, NASA ended the flight of its super pressure balloon (SPB) Monday, April 27, while the balloon was at float over central Australia.
Super Pressure Balloon Marks First Continental Crossing
Source: NASA – nasa.gov Less than six days after launching from Wanaka, New Zealand, NASA’s massive Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) completed its first continental crossing April 1 flying over the southern tips of Chile and Argentina.
Project Loon: Google’s Stratospheric Internet Balloons
Source: MIT Technology Review – technologyreview.com By Tom Simonite Billions of people could get online for the first time thanks to helium balloons that Google will soon send over many places cell towers don’t reach.
Google Continues to Make Progress on Project Loon
Read two articles regarding the progress that Google is making on Project Loon, a system of stratospheric helium balloons to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to remote areas. Source: The Independent – independent.co.uk Up, Up and Away on Google’s Wi-Fi Balloon