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Using Airships for Space Research

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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NASA Solicitation: Airship Flight Services for NASA Ames Research Center

“NASA/ARC intends to purchase the flight services from Airship Ventures, Inc. of Mountain View, CA to fly its Zeppelin NT107 Airship in support of research. The airship has specific maneuvering, acceleration, and hovering capabilities unavailable through other aircraft and airship companies. The services will also require the installation of research equipment onto the airship, and contractor-support during flights.”

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