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LOHAN
Welcome to our full coverage of The Register's audacious Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator mission...
Nerds make it rain in Nevada. The Las Vegas strip? No, cloud-seeding drones over the desert
Big plans ahead if the FAA gets its act together
Science05 May 2016 | 27
LOHAN sponsor knocks up nifty iMac fish tank
Something to entertain while waiting for the FAA
Science04 Mar 2016 | 13
LOHAN entertains the crowd at Oz Linux shindig
Andrew Tridgell serves up choppers, quadplanes and rocket-powered tomfoolery
OSes08 Feb 2016 | 17
LOHAN takes the stage at Oz Linux shindig
Andrew Tridgell to discuss 'craziest' ArduPilot project
OSes19 Jan 2016 | 22
LOHAN chews the fat with US TV station over Spaceport's FAA-ilure
New Mexico's KRQE squeezes statement from American launchpad bods
Science12 Oct 2015 | 43
So, what's happening with LOHAN? Sweet FAA, that's what
Well not quite. Spaceplane fans read on...
Science02 Oct 2015 | 73
PRATCHETT chats to Oz from 31,000m above Planet Earth
Pics + vids + graphs Andrew Tridgell tunes into LOHAN avionics test flight
Science16 Jun 2015 | 18
Hold on to your hats: LOHAN'S PRATCHETT mission launch imminent
Edge Research Lab poised in Colorado for avionics test flight
Science13 Jun 2015 | 3
LOHAN'S PRATCHETT mission set to soar Saturday
Edge Research Lab poised for final spaceplane avionics test flight
Science11 Jun 2015 | 13
High-flying LOHAN fan raises ale-filled tankard
Glider pilot Martin Gregorie enjoys a quick spaceplane livener
Science29 May 2015 | 32
LOHAN team preps PRATCHETT mission
Final avionics test flight in honour of the late, great Sir Terry
Science25 May 2015 | 5
LOHAN's final test flight set to honour PRATCHETT
Reader acronym poll firmly backs the late and great Sir Terry
Science19 May 2015 | 22
LOHAN's final test flight moniker: The people must decide
Poll Acronym tomfoolery, with a RockBLOCK Iridium satellite comms unit at stake
Science15 May 2015 | 21
El Reg merch tentacle mulls retro LOHAN T-shirt
Vulture 2 spaceplane in a comic book stylee – what do you think?
Science01 May 2015 | 25
Iridium sat comms module comp goes completely TITSUP
Competition Smutronym tomfoolery in bid for RockBLOCK kit
Science08 Apr 2015 | 25
FAA speeds up drone flight approvals for firms that don't need them
Here's your permission. And here's the extra conditions which basically nix it
Legal25 Mar 2015 | 15
Amazon fires rocket up FAA for dithering on drone approval
El Reg knows how Bezos feels
Legal25 Mar 2015 | 18
LOHAN leaps aloft & ports into virtual flight logger
Test flight 3D representation pops up in Exmaps
Science10 Mar 2015 | 13
New Mexico mulls sale of first US commercial spaceport (and LOHAN launchpad)
Virgin Galactic accident casts questions over site's future
Science21 Feb 2015 | 10
Virtual Vulture 2 swoops into Spaceport America
Vid Spaceplane lands itself, in hot hardware-in-the-loop sim
Science28 Jan 2015 | 34
Oz father and son team plan suborbital spaceplane
'ThunderStruck' – going supersonic soon in a stratosphere near you
Science22 Jan 2015 | 33
Penguin high-flyers: Andrew Tridgell on the Linux autopilot
Vid The only way is up for open source, says ArduPilot dev
OSes20 Jan 2015 | 5
LOHAN sponsor Pulse-Eight: Supplier of hi-def TV to dogs
SPB's mutt pack applauds HDMI extender kit
Science07 Jan 2015 | 8
Vulture 2 design hero describes epic 'hobby' project
Chris Dodd talks spaceplane with The Engineer
Science19 Dec 2014 | 5
American bacon cured with AR-15 assault rifle
SPB chief takes up arms against Stateside culinary outrage
Science17 Dec 2014 | 99
El Reg's mighty rocket spaceplane Vulture 2 arrives in US of A
LOHAN's massive box thuds down in the Mile High City
Science16 Dec 2014 | 24
LOHAN's Plucky Playmonaut touches down at Spaceport America
El Reg recce team scouts New Mexico facility
Science15 Dec 2014 | 39
LOHAN sponsor Lucidica explains the benefits of being French
There are benefits? Mais oui, says IT support firm
Science26 Nov 2014 | 10
NXT: The first SPAAAACE cryptocurrency
Our plucky Playmonaut eyes stratospheric profits
Science20 Nov 2014 | 12
Vulture 2 spaceplane tumbles onto BBC World Service
LOHAN team chews the fat with Click
Science18 Nov 2014 | 13
Give it up for SecQuest - a rabbit-hunting spaceplane sponsor
Boutique security consultants, balloon bods, and more...
Science17 Nov 2014 | 3
Lindsay Lohan ignores El Reg's tender twitterly advances
Will thesp honour namesake spaceplane mission?
Science07 Nov 2014 | 21
Spaceplane fan sips sweet nectar from LOHAN's copious cup
Mead in a mug - heavenly
Science05 Nov 2014 | 14
LOHAN test flight: Results in from Oz jury
Andrew Tridgell picks over Vulture 2 avionics logs
Science03 Nov 2014 | 15
LOHAN avionics survive 27,700m stratospheric ordeal
Pics+vid Vulture 2 kit refuses to freeze during Edge Research Lab flight
Science28 Oct 2014 | 13
Moment of truth for LOHAN's servos: Our US allies are poised for final test flight
Will Vulture 2 freeze at altitude? Edge Research Lab to find out
Science24 Oct 2014 | 18
Luscious LOHAN t-shirts fly into Vulture Central
Then fly straight out to our Kickstarter backers
Science21 Oct 2014 | 10
Experts brand LOHAN's squeaky-clean box
Phytosanitary treatment renders Vulture 2 crate fit for export
Science17 Oct 2014 | 21
LOHAN crash lands on CNN
Overflies Die Welt en route to lively US news vid
Science15 Oct 2014 | 32
Beers all round as Vulture 2 lands in Blighty
Pics LOHAN team, sponsors and press in Vulture Central knees-up
Science14 Oct 2014 | 22
Tearful LOHAN Playmonaut bids adiós to Spain
Vulture 2 crated and en route to Blighty
Science26 Sep 2014 | 20
LOHAN wraps Kickstarter tin-rattling at £30,725
Ballocket mission funded - award yourselves beer
Science22 Sep 2014 | 11
Last chance to snaffle LOHAN Kickstarter goodies
Exclusive ballocket mission merchandise - get it while you can, dear readers
Science20 Sep 2014 | 1
Plucky Playmonaut parties as LOHAN hits Kickstarter goal
Bring on the wenches'n'mead, set course for New Mexico
Science19 Sep 2014 | 24
Edge Research Lab to tackle chilly LOHAN's final test flight
Our US allies to probe potential Vulture 2 servo freeze
Science17 Sep 2014 | 23
Cracked it - Vulture 2 power podule fires servos for 4 HOURS
Pixhawk avionics juice issue sorted, onwards to Spaceport America
Science16 Sep 2014 | 18
LOHAN tin-rattles to a whopping £27,000 on Kickstarter
Just six days left to lay mitts on UNIQUE merch and help make history
Science15 Sep 2014 | 36
Who wants to be there as history is made at the launch of our LOHAN space project?
Two places available in the chase plane above the desert
Science12 Sep 2014 | 11
It's official: LOHAN's arboreal avoidance algorithm is PANTS
'Pixhawk Avoidance of Nearby Tree System'. Lovely
Science12 Sep 2014 | 20
LOHAN invites ENTIRE REG READERSHIP to New Mexico shindig
Well, those of you who back our Kickstarter tin-rattling...
Science11 Sep 2014 | 15
LOHAN enjoys some hot hardware-in-the-loop action
Autopilot brain surgeon Linus flies 630km/h virtual Vulture 2
Science11 Sep 2014 | 2
LOHAN premieres spaceplane mission summary vid
Enlightenment for ballocket virgins, as our Kickstarter campaign rolls on
Science08 Sep 2014 | 7
Vote NOW for LOHAN's arboreal avoidance algorithm acronym
Poll Spaceplane mission stickers ahoy for one creative reader
Science05 Sep 2014 | 41
Crack team weighs LOHAN's substantial box
41.5kg? Crikey
Science04 Sep 2014 | 32
Our Vulture 2 rocket spaceplane crammed with more power
She couldna take it, Captain: So we've gone for triple energy podules
Science03 Sep 2014 | 40
Vulture 2 X-Plane soars over Spaceport America
Billy Bargagliotti wraps virtual rocket ship - come give it a blast
Science01 Sep 2014 | 5
Exclusive SPB t-shirt flies into Kickstarter
'The Shed Knows No Bounds', and we hope your wallets are similarly limitless
Science29 Aug 2014 | 9
LOHAN wrapped in vinyl as Kickstarter campaign hits £18,000!
Sample stickers fly in, custom pint tankards fly out door
Science28 Aug 2014 | 23
LOHAN tunes into ultra long range radio
And verily, Vultures shall speak status unto distant receivers
Science28 Aug 2014 | 17
Nearly there! LOHAN Kickstarter pot o'gold breaks £29,000
Slip her your speedy donation NOW, before it's too late
Science27 Aug 2014 | 30
Our LOHAN spaceplane ballocket Kickstarter climbs through £8000
Through 25 per cent but more is needed: Get your UNIQUE rewards!
Science26 Aug 2014 | 51
The Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator, sponsored by...
...and with the invaluable support of...
More from the lovely LOHAN:
- You can find full LOHAN coverage right here
- If you're new to LOHAN, seek out our mission summary for enlightenment.
- There are photos our our magnificent Vulture 2 spaceplane here, and detailed structural plans here.
- For your further viewing pleasure, we have all our photographic material stored on Flickr.
- Our LOHAN and Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) videos live on YouTube.
- We sometimes indulge in light consensual tweeting, as you can see here.
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