by Kathi Leiden | Dec 8, 2017 | Helium News, Helium Science
It’s quite possibly the most unbelievable and incredible helium balloon launch on Earth, and it’s happening in just two days! Nearly a year ago, we wrote about a NASA helium balloon launch, which was a project to test and advance the capabilities of...
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 26, 2015 | Helium, Helium News, Helium Science
It’s been suspected over 40 years, but thanks to NASA’s LADEE mission, we finally have confirmation of neon and helium in the moon’s atmosphere. NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE, pronounced “laddie”) launched out of...
