“Completing Development Flight 2 is a defining moment for us,” said Taber MacCallum, cofounder and chief technical officer of Space Perspective in a statement. “This uncrewed flight not only proves ...

French fighter jets shot down high-altitude balloons with air-to-air missiles in a recent test. France warned that the battle for near-space is heating up and pointed to China's spy balloon over the ...

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wānaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the technology, which can offer cost savings ...

Space Perspective is hoping to have commercial operations underway in 2025, but a seat on the luxurious balloon is gonna cost you. Reading time 3 minutes The dream, if you can call it that, of ...

A “space balloon” for tourists is set for a test flight in Saudi Arabia this September. Spanish startup Halo Space built the balloon for zero-emission trips into the stratosphere. Each ticket is ...

As the Canaveral Port Authority's Fireboat 2 provided a water-cannon-salute escort, Space Perspective's balloon-launching ship MS Voyager returned to Port Canaveral amid applause and fanfare Thursday ...

A prototype aerial robotic balloon, or aerobot, is readied for a sunrise test flight at Black Rock Desert, Nevada, in July 2022 A scaled-down version of the aerobot that could one day take to the ...

PARIS–French space agency CNES and Hemeria, a satellite and sounding balloon manufacturer, have been testing a maneuvering balloon for military observation and telecommunications at stratospheric ...