NASA Uses Zeppelin as Remote Sensing Platform

Airship Ventures, a zeppelin company that has been leasing space at Moffett Field outside San Francisco since 2008, now is being used by NASA as a platform for remote sensing and atmospheric science measurements. Airship Ventures leases its space at Moffett Field, which is run by NASA’s Ames Research Center.  The Center’s Earth Science Division has begun collaboration with the company to take advantage of the airship’s stability, maneuveribility and ability to fly at low altitude for sustained periods of time.