Aero-News has learned a 146-foot-long airship developed by a
team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully
demonstrated powered flight of the HiSentinel stratospheric airship
at an altitude of 74,000 feet.
The European Space Agency's Mars Express radar, or MARSIS, has
been deployed on the first phase of its operations for more than
four months. The ESA has released its status report on the
orbiter.