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00 Virtual Museum
- Dr. & Mrs. A. Dale Topping L-T-A Museum Virtual Museum of the Lighter-Tan-Air Society’s Collection
01 Other Museums and Exhibits
- MAPS Air Museum – North Canton, Ohio MAPS Air Museum – Including the Control Car from the Goodyear blimp Spirit of Akron
- Summit Memory View The Lighter Than Air Society’s collection on Summit Memory
03 Associations
- Naval Airship Assn. Home of the Naval Airship Association
- Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association
Author Archives: LighterThanAirSociety
Japanese website designer takes stunning high altitude balloon photography
Source: japandailypress.com By: John Hofilena Keisuke Iwaya, a 27-year-old engineering graduate from Sapporo, has taken his fascination of outer space to a different level – a higher level – by doing photography way up in the stratosphere.
Chippewa High Physics Students Launch Balloon with Camera into Stratosphere
Source: The Chippewa Herald – chippewa.com By Elizabeth Dohms A few years ago, Chi-Hi physics teacher Nick Gagnon watched a video of an amateur ham radio operator launching and tracking a high-altitude balloon. He thought a project of NASA proportions … Continue reading
Researcher Helps Remote Sensing Soar
Source: agprofessional.com Since Maria Tattaris began working at CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center) two years ago, the blimp used by the wheat physiology group in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, went from sitting in a box to being a main … Continue reading
Google subsidiary wins rights to restore iconic Hangar One and manage Moffett Field
Source: Tech Times techtimes.com By Randell Suba Planetary Ventures, a company operating under the umbrella of Google, has been awarded by the General Services Administration (GSA) and NASA to renovate and manage the Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California.
WASP Gives NASA’s Planetary Scientists New Observation Platform
Source: NASA.gov Scientists who study Earth, the sun and stars have long used high-altitude scientific balloons to carry their telescopes far into the stratosphere for a better view of their targets. Not so much for planetary scientists.