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JP Aerospace is an American company that aims to achieve affordable access to space. Their main activities include high-atmospheric lighter-than-air flights carrying cameras or miniature experiments called pongsats and minicubes. They are also engaged in an Airship to Orbit project. ==History== JP Aerospace was founded by John Marchel Powell, familiarly known as "JP", with Michael Stucky and Scott Mayo. JP Aerospace specializes in lighter-than-air flight, with the stated aim of achieving cheap access to space.〔Powell, John M. (2005). ''Floating to Space: The Airship to Orbit Program'', Apogee Books Space Series. ISBN 1-894959-73-6〕 An early suborbital space launch attempt using a rockoon (balloon-launched high power rocket) at the Black Rock Desert in northwestern Nevada in May 1999 was unsuccessful. The event was covered by CNN. The CATS Prize expired without being awarded in November 2000. In the early 21st century they developed a V-shaped high-altitude airship under a U.S. Air Force initiative to provide the rapid launch of battlefield communication and monitoring systems.〔Alan Boyle (2004), (Airship groomed for flight to edge of space ), ''MSNBC''〕〔Jeff Foust (2004), (Floating to Space ), ''The Space Review''〕 Since then, JP Aerospace has launched several balloons into the upper atmosphere, carrying mixed payloads for research students and media companies. Media clients have included The Discovery Channel, National Geographic, and Toshiba's 2009 television commercial ''Space Chair''. In 2011, a twin-balloon utility airship is claimed to have set an altitude record of 95,085 feet (ca. 28,982 m) on October 22, 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jpaerospace.com/Tandem/tandem.html )〕 ==Balloon flights== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「JP Aerospace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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