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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
Tag Archives: high altitude helium balloons
Explore the Edge of Space With ‘Red Bull Stratos’ Exhibit at National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
Source: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force By: Sarah Swan – National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Just over a year ago, Felix Baumgartner ascended to 127,852 feet in a stratospheric balloon and made a freefall jump, rushing … Continue reading
Near-Space Tourism Takes Off
Source: outsideonline.com By: Daniel D. Snyder U.S. firm will fly you 19 miles up for $75K
New GPS game is out of this world: Czechs are introducing Stratocaching
Source: Technet.cz By: Pavel Kasík In a unique social gaming experiment created by Technet.cz, players of the Stratocaching game will use their smartphones to locate seeds dropped to earth from the border of space. More than 12 thousand people registered … Continue reading
New Climate-studying Imager Makes First Balloon Flight
Source: NASA.gov Understanding Earth’s dynamic climate requires knowledge of more than just greenhouse gases. One of the key measurements scientists measure is reflected solar radiance, or the amount of outgoing sunlight energy scattered from Earth’s surface and atmosphere. Watching solar … Continue reading
World View Balloon Aims to Give You an Outer-Space View for $75,000
Source: NBC News By: Alan Boyle, Science Editor NBC News A new venture headed by veteran space entrepreneurs plans to send tourists on a balloon up to an altitude of 19 miles, to give them the kind of spacey view that … Continue reading