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stratosphere

James Thomas and Cyriel Notteboom with Radical demonstration airplane

Former Amazon Prime Air employees raise $4.5M for stealthy solar airplane startup

Seattle-based Radical says it has raised $4.5 million to support the development of solar-powered, autonomous airplanes that can beam down… Read More

Stratospheric balloon

Space Perspective reboots vision of flying passengers to stratosphere on a balloon

The space entrepreneurs who planned to send passengers ballooning into the stratosphere for astronaut’s-eye views of the Earth below, way… Read More

Stratospheric Skype connection

Up, up and away: NetMotion sends a Skype connection into the stratosphere

What’s the best way to show off your mobile networking technology? How about demonstrating that the technology can seamlessly switch… Read More

World View Stratollite

Former Insitu CEO makes the leap over to World View stratospheric balloon venture

For three and a half years, Ryan Hartman served as president and CEO of Insitu — the Boeing subsidiary headquartered in… Read More

World View balloon

Investors provide a $26.5M lift for World View stratospheric balloon venture

News Brief: Arizona-based World View says it has closed a $26.5 million Series C financing round, led by Accel with… Read More

Balloon launch

World View balloon goes boom after Spaceport Tucson test; no injuries reported

News Brief: A high-altitude balloon reportedly exploded at Spaceport Tucson in Arizona today after a test that was being conducted… Read More

World View Stratollite

World View unveils first pictures from its Stratollite high-altitude balloon platform

World View Enterprises’ first near-space pictures demonstrate how the Arizona company’s balloon-based imaging platform can rival satellite views. The photos… Read More

World View balloon

World View completes five-day test flight for ‘Stratollite’ high-altitude balloon

World View Enterprises has executed its longest stratospheric balloon flight ever, steering a solar-powered payload through five days’ worth of… Read More

Balloon launch

World View launches ‘Stratollite’ balloon from Spaceport Tucson for the first time

World View Enterprises today executed its first balloon liftoff from Spaceport Tucson, the Arizona facility that it expects will be… Read More

Launcher recovery

Seattle’s space sisters get great views (and learn lessons) from eclipse balloon flight

Not everything turned out the way pre-teen sisters Rebecca and Kimberly Yeung expected when they sent their Loki Lego Launcher… Read More

Colonel Sanders

World View downs KFC’s stratospheric chicken sandwich early due to balloon leak

World View Enterprises said its “Zinger 1” mission to keep a KFC chicken sandwich aloft in the stratosphere was terminated… Read More

Zinger sandwich in stratosphere

World View balloon sends up KFC’s Zinger chicken sandwich amid space send-ups

That’s one small step for high-altitude balloon research, one giant cheep for KFC’s Zinger chicken sandwich. After one weather-related postponement,… Read More

KFC sandwich

World View’s stratospheric balloon mission for KFC isn’t just about a chicken sandwich

Yes, Kentucky Fried Chicken is planning to fly its Zinger sandwich up to the stratosphere and back on a World… Read More

Stratospheric Trump protest

Donald Trump gets an astronaut’s words thrown in his face from stratosphere

If someone can send a Donald Trump bobblehead tribute up into the stratosphere on a balloon, we suppose it’s only… Read More

World View HQ

World View shows off its HQ and Stratollite platform for near-space balloon missions

World View Enterprises declared its Tucson headquarters and its hybrid balloon technology to be ready for prime time today, in… Read More

High-altitude balloon tribute to Stephen Hawking

Happy 75th birthday, Stephen Hawking! Here’s a stratospheric balloon tribute

Famed British physicist Stephen Hawking has long wanted to go into space, so what better way to celebrate his 75th… Read More

World View stratospheric flight company settles into Spaceport Tucson, just in time

Arizona-based World View Enterprises is settling into its new offices at Spaceport Tucson and gearing up for what could be a high-flying… Read More

Project Loon balloon

Balloons rise up on the strato-frontier

Drones, satellites and rocket planes are all well and good for high-flying missions, but sometimes the best craft for the job… Read More

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