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Away 89 and 90 heading skyward. They're starting a two hour flight conducting research, testing new equipment and carrying student experiments. #jpaerospace #science #pongsatpic.twitter.com/vCwYBoPZ0z

Away 86 ending it's mission and heading back to Earth. #jpaerospace #science #techpic.twitter.com/OclxZlTtpV

Funding for a lot of our research comes from doing TV commercials 20 miles up. Here's some pics from one we did for KLM Airlines. #jpaerospace #KLM #advertisingpic.twitter.com/QA9wXaRPcn

The same six foot propeller at 95,000 feet. #jpaerospace #airship #techpic.twitter.com/jIp8vbzYxk

High Altitude propeller testing on Away 22. To give you an idea of scale, the propeller is six feet tip to tip. This flight was back in 2003. We tested the propeller at 80,000 feet and it worked great. #jpaerospace #techpic.twitter.com/ymcreqc4iP

While doing serious research you need to have fun too. If you look to the upper right side of the vehicle you can see Lego X-wing & Tie fighters. We mounted them on wires attached to a servo. They chased each other from launch to landing. #jpaerospace #StarWars #LEGOpic.twitter.com/SBzP3hR5Co

Even after the brave X-wing pilot dispatched the Tie fighter she still had to weave past space monsters. #jpaerospace #starwars #Legospic.twitter.com/pRdYjt2a03

Epic battle spotted at the edge of space... #jpaerospace #starwars #Legospic.twitter.com/ZOoUA1qI3Z

When the balloon burst on Away 51 a chunk of the balloon wrapped around a fin. It looks to me like a lion roaring at the Earth. What does it look like to you? #jpaerospace pic.twitter.com/5P2t3gk6z1

Your space patch collection needs the Ascender 36 First Flight Patch. Available on Amazon: http://a.co/1ehiysz  #jpaerospace pic.twitter.com/SFLtrXFoZk

Working on airships can be a surreal experience. Here's Kevin inside the Ascender 9 envelope. #jpaerospace #ascenderpic.twitter.com/mintjkiumy

This one landed with 50 feet of the lake. From the view on the map we thought we were going to need to swim for it. #jpaerospace pic.twitter.com/UjHX6ZbWgo

Launching a heavy. Here is the double balloon Away 27 lifting off from the Black Rock desert. in 2006. It was carrying 600 PongSat student experiments. #jpaerospace #pongsat #STEMpic.twitter.com/5bkezPF9Tq

Time for the way-back machine: A very early test vehicle (Ascender 18) being flown back and forth in the horse corral in 2003. #jpaerospace #ascenderpic.twitter.com/i275izPLRc

The Dark Sky Station has even made it into an epic comic book! This is a page out of 'Escape from Terra'. #jpaerospace #tech #darkskystationpic.twitter.com/Z48MOtpmqE

The key to the Airship to Orbit program is the Dark Sky Station. Our spaceport at the edge of space. #jpaerospace #tech #darkskystationpic.twitter.com/rruMNzOHS1

It's 1am and time for the pre mission team meeting. The shocking thing is that Bruno actually opened the restaurant up just to feed the team. #jpaerospace #blackrockpic.twitter.com/RruKKS0kAX

We got the new hatch hinges mounted on Belle. The hatch has changed from a two person wrestling match to an easy one hand lift. Still a bit of trimming and adjusting to go. #jpaerospace #bellavia #submarine pic.twitter.com/rLqnPj6934

Every wonder what in the heck JP is doing? Here it is. Floating to Space, the program, the test flights, the book about it all. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1894959736?m=AEUM1KJFXQIKI&ref_=v_sp_widget_detail_page … … … … … … #jpaerospace pic.twitter.com/2OvNTMTjpV

Duel launches look great and they make recovery easier. The vehicle tend to land within a few miles of each other. This fall we're bumping up to three at a time. #jpaerospace #space #balloonpic.twitter.com/y7yh7pdJih