by Kathi Leiden | Sep 30, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
We may have just found water on Mars, but will that be the planet we go to? NASA has wild plans for exploring Venus using a manned helium airship. Closer, warmer neighbor Our nearest neighbor, Venus, is about 25 million miles away from Earth compared to Mars at 34...
by Kathi Leiden | Aug 27, 2015 | Helium, Helium News
Thanks to a legendary explorer and the Internet, the helium-powered USS Macon that crashed into the sea in 1935 can be explored by us all. (Footage below) A helium-powered aircraft carrier The USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a helium-powered Navy airship that was designed to...
by Kathi Leiden | Jul 23, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science, Helium Uses
There are some articles and videos circling the web that promote how to make your own helium for filling balloons. But can you make your own helium at home? Let’s get the facts straight. Go do a quick search of “make your own helium” in Google and you’ll...
by Kathi Leiden | May 21, 2015 | Helium, Helium Science
Perhaps the most interesting fact in the recorded history of helium is where it was discovered. We didn’t find it on our planet. In fact, it was first discovered over 92,900,000 miles away from Earth. 1868 August 18 of 1868— a full 93 years before the first...
by Kathi Leiden | May 20, 2015 | Helium
On May 6, 1937, while attempting to land at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey at the end of a two-day transatlantic flight from Frankfurt, Germany, the Hindenburg airship unexpectedly burst into flames and crashed to the ground. In just 32 seconds, the...
