Skyhook balloons were high-altitude balloons developed by Otto C. Winzen and General Mills, Inc. They were used by the United States Navy Office of Naval...
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sky Skyhook (skydiving), a type of main-assisted reserve parachute deployment system Skyhook (structure), a space elevator concept Skyhook balloon, a type...
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Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (redirect from Fulton Skyhook)
The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS), also known as Skyhook, is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States Air...
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during 1966–67. Atmospheric sounding Ceiling balloon High-altitude balloon SCR-658 radar Skyhook balloon Timeline of hydrogen technologies High-altitude...
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Air Force's Project Blue Book indicated that Mantell died chasing a Skyhook balloon, which, in 1948, was a top-secret project that he would not have known...
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balloon festival Hot air ballooning Observation balloon Research balloon Skyhook balloon Tom D. Crouch (2008). Lighter Than Air. Johns Hopkins University...
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ceiling balloon weather balloon used with a radiosonde fixed for carrying advertising signs to carry a radio antenna toy balloon research balloon Skyhook balloon...
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developed high altitude balloons in conjunction with the United States Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR), such as the Skyhook balloon. In 1956, hundreds...
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A skyhook is a proposed momentum exchange tether that aims to reduce the cost of placing payloads into low Earth orbit. A heavy orbiting station is connected...
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Project Mogul (category Balloons (aeronautics))
forerunner of the Skyhook balloon program, which started in the late 1940s, as well as two other espionage programs involving balloon overflights and photographic...
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