Save Hangar One Committee

Navy, NASA can't agree on plan to re-skin historic landmark

Heads Up Ames (June 4, 2009)

Heads Up Ames (May 26, 2009)

Heads Up Ames (May 26, 2009)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on the Navy's proposal to remove the toxic panels covering Moffett Field's Hangar One and leave the underlying steel frame uncovered. The Navy, which occupied the Mountain View Superfund site until NASA Ames took over in 1994, is responsible for cleaning up the contaminants, which include PCBs. But it hasn't made a commitment to repanel the ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has signed off on the Navy's proposal to remove the toxic panels covering Moffett Field's Hangar One and leave the underlying steel frame uncovered.

The Zeppelin Takes on DisneyPixar's "UP"

When I see the Eureka, the latest and largest of the classic zeppelin airships, floating a thousand feet above the midday traffic on Highway 101, I can barely believe my eyes.

GEORGETOWN -- When Steve Moffett was laid off from his maintenance job in Elkton, Md., two years ago, he went back to school.

GEORGETOWN -- When Steve Moffett was laid off from his maintenance job in Elkton, Md., two years ago, he went back to school.

When Steve Moffett was laid off from his maintenance job in Elkton, Md., two years ago, he went back to school.

Faced with the pricey task of putting new siding on Moffett Field's Hangar One in a tough economy, NASA-Ames Research Center is asking the Navy to consider paying for the cover in exchange for the federal agency taking over cleanup of the toxic site. The proposal was discussed Thursday at a Moffett Field Restoration Advisory Board meeting. The Navy, which is responsible for cleaning up the ...

Citing financial difficulties, NASA Ames has backed away from a plan that would have had the space agency pay more than $15 million to re-skin Hangar One at Moffett Field, and would like the Navy to take that on. In return, NASA is offering to take responsibility for long-term toxic cleanup on several portions of the Superfund site. by Daniel Debolt

A $1 billion "sustainable village" of research facilities, classrooms and housing is planned on 75 acres of the former Moffett Field Naval Air Station, officials of two local colleges and NASA Ames Research Center announced. by Chris Kenrick

Airship Ventures Inc., which offers Zeppelin passenger flights, raised $2.5 million in a second round of funding.

Airship Ventures has raised $2.5 million in a second round of investor funding that was planned to close Feb.

Airship Ventures has raised $2.5 million in a second round of investor funding that was planned to close Feb.