Category Archives: Balloons

Balloon Space Flight Company Completes Small-Scale Test Flight

Source: Reuters By Karen Brooks An Arizona start-up company says it has successfully completed its first small-scale test flight of a stratospheric balloon and capsule being developed to show tourists a space-like view of the Earth from 19 miles (30 … Continue reading

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To Space (Okay, Near-Space) in a Balloon

Source: Air & Space Magazine – airspacemag.com By Mark Karpel A little company dreams of replacing rocket power with buoyancy.

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Lifelong love affair with ballooning keeps paraplegic’s spirits flying high

Source: Las Vegas Sun – lasvegassun.com By Brian Nordli Michael Glen is happiest when he’s in his red chair, floating thousands of feet in the air and looking down at the world shrinking beneath his feet.

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Japanese website designer takes stunning high altitude balloon photography

Source: japandailypress.com  By: John Hofilena Keisuke Iwaya, a 27-year-old engineering graduate from Sapporo, has taken his fascination of outer space to a different level – a higher level – by doing photography way up in the stratosphere.

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Chippewa High Physics Students Launch Balloon with Camera into Stratosphere

Source: The Chippewa Herald – chippewa.com By Elizabeth Dohms A few years ago, Chi-Hi physics teacher Nick Gagnon watched a video of an amateur ham radio operator launching and tracking a high-altitude balloon. He thought a project of NASA proportions … Continue reading

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