Whether for tourism, advertising, geological surveys or cargo shipping, the humble balloon has always had a reason to stay ...

For decades, airships were treated as a failed technology buried by the Hindenburg disaster and the rise of modern aviation.

The Hindenburg airship is most closely associated with the disaster that took place on May 6, 1937, but before tragedy struck, it spent a short but notable life in service, transporting passengers ...

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan pair of Northeast Ohio members of Congress have reintroduced legislation aimed at advancing research and development of modern airships for cargo transportation, disaster ...

A rarely seen video showing a different angle of the Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey has been released to the public for the first time in 77 years. The video, which was found decades ago by ...

Sceye’s airship, the solar-powered SE2 high-altitude platform system (HAPS), has successfully completed a 12-day ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WVEC) -- Nancy Sheppard is a local historian shining a light on a forgotten disaster. It’s a history lesson that every person in Hampton Roads should hear. “It spent 95 years being ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This collection consists of a copy of ...