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- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
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- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
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Tag Archives: Stratospheric balloon
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
Neutrinos on Ice: Detection Balloon Heads to Antarctica
Source: Scientific American – scientificamerican.com By Katie Mulrey Right now, somewhere in the Milky Way, a proton is traveling though supernova remnant shock waves, bouncing around in extreme magnetic fields and gaining energy and speed. Eventually the proton will gain … Continue reading
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Tagged ANITA III, Antarctica, helium balloon, high altitude helium balloons, NASA, Stratospheric balloon
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The Reusable Balloon-Based Telescope
Source: Engineering.com By: Kyle Maxey Astronomers may have a new method for observing the Universe’s vast history thanks to a telescope design that blends the best of ground and space-based telescopes.
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Tagged helium balloon, high altitude helium balloons, NASA, Stratospheric balloon, telescope
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NMSU helps NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program achieve rare feat
Source: Las Cruces Sun-News – lcsun-news.com By Tiffany Acosta For the first time in the 27-year launch history in Fort Sumner, N.M., New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratory’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility team launched three balloon experiments on three … Continue reading
Spaceport America may get near-space balloon flights
Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com By Kevin Robinson-Avila Paying passengers may soon fly to the edge of space in massive balloons launched from Spaceport America.