Category Archives: Balloons

Balloon pilots take aim at long-distance flight record

Posted on October 30, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: CTV News – ctvnews.ca By Susan Montoya Bryan An international team led by two veteran pilots has set its sights on breaking a pair of major ballooning records when it launches its helium-filled balloon from Japan in early 2015.

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Spaceport America may get near-space balloon flights

Posted on October 30, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: Albuquerque Journal – abqjournal.com By Kevin Robinson-Avila Paying passengers may soon fly to the edge of space in massive balloons launched from Spaceport America.

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First Images of a Comet from a Stratospheric Balloon

Posted on October 29, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Applied Physics Laboratory of The Johns Hopkins University – jhuapl.edu The images are the first ever taken of a comet from a stratospheric scientific balloon mission, and show that Siding Spring was undergoing an outburst event, during which … Continue reading →

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All Aboard L’Armand-Barbès

Posted on October 27, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The Paris Review – theparisreview.org By Dan Piepenbring Say you’ve got to skip town in a hurry. Maybe you owe somebody a lot of money; maybe the mayor’s daughter is in love with you and you’re below her station; … Continue reading →

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Parachutist’s Record Fall: Over 25 Miles in 15 Minutes

Posted on October 24, 2014 by LighterThanAirSociety

Source: The New York Times – nytimes.com By John Markoff Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Record

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