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Transcripts For CSPAN Stratobowl Balloon Flight 20240713

Shape to rest the balloon and the gondola in. They were looking for a bowl area, not only to spread out the balloon on the ground, but also that natural bowl shape protects the gondola the first couple thousand feet as it goes up. They scoured all of north america for a place. They had a couple of different decisions that they could have made, places they could have chosen. And essentially they chose rapid city because of how kind the people were, because of how welcoming we are. The perfect shape of the bowl was nice, too, but it did come down to the people of the area. That was the reasoning behind choosing it. The first attempt happened in 1934. There were three men on the first flight. It was captain Orval Anderson, major william kepner, and captain albert stevens. What happened was they got into the gondola and they went up and they hit about 60,000 feet. And they think the friction between the metal and the canvas of the bal ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN Stratobowl Balloon Flight 20240713

That goes beyond the culture of the area. We are talking about the strata owl and theatob stratoballoon flight. Rapid city area is the home of the first spaceflight. What the National Geographic and u. S. Army air corps did is Work Together to make this happen and they wanted to find a natural shape to wrap the balloon and gondola in. They were looking for an area to spread out the balloon on the ground and also the natural bowl shaped to protect the gondola for the first couple thousand. Eet as it goes up they scoured all of north america and they had a couple different decisions. They chose rapid city because of how kind the people were and how welcoming we are. Nice butct shape was it did come down to the people of the area. That was the reasoning behind choosing it. In 1934. Happened there were three men on that first flight. Captain orville anderson, major william, a ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN NASA Glenn Research Center 20240713

We are the third oldest of the nasa centers. We broke ground on 1941. We predate nasa by a little under 18 years. For the National Advisory committee for aeronautics founded in 1915 in the infancy of aviation in this country to study this new technology and figure out how we can harness it for economic military use. Prior to this they only focused on general aeronautics. They had not done anything with that have beens seeing what they were doing in europe and found that they were way ahead of us when it came to Aircraft Engine Research especially the germans. In the late 1930s that made them nervous. The establishment of a Third Laboratory that would focus on aircraft engines. You can do all the Aerodynamic Research that was our single role, to ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN U.S. House Of Representatives U.S. House Of Representatives 20240713

Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Unfinished Business is the on ordering the previous question on House Resolution yeas and nays he are ordered. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. Numberrk house calendar 74, House Resolution 866, esolution providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 2339, to amend the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act with respect to the sale and marketing of Tobacco Products for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house o ....

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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Open Phones With Jeremy Kinney 20170102

Transportation and mail kacarri s to the jet age of the 1950s through today. Space operations and missiles, its all here. And i want to share an article that was in the Washington Post earlier this week on the spirit of st. Louis, one of the iconic planes that Charles Lindbergh had. Its been in the news because of some of the findings and notes on the plane when it was refurbished back in 1975. Jeremy kinney is joining us, the curator. Just saw you a moment ago in that taped piece. Talk to us about the spirit of st. Louis. And some interesting things you found in the last year or so. The spirit of st. Louis is a true milestone of flight. Charles lindbergh makes that epic transatlantic flight in may 1927 and its always been a signature artifact of the smithsonian, since the building opened in 1976. So this opportunity to redo this gallery, the milestones of flight gallery, ....

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