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September 16, 2004

Buzz Aldrin Returns To Familiar Territory: Lunar Gravity

ANN Shares Some Lunar Gravity Moments With Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Just a few days into the inaugural tour of Zero-G Corporation's Boeing 727 weightless inducing wonderplane, an old friend to reduced gravity came on board to sample it for himself... yet again.

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Another Success For Da Vinci

Balloon-Launch From 40,000 Feet

The Golden Palace.com/da Vinci Project conducted a successful test balloon launch to 40,000 ft in Colorado on September 12. The scaled balloon with payload rose to its peak designed altitude to test the stresses on the balloon, both at launch point and float altitude. Convective temperatures are at their lowest at around 40,000 ft.

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