Sir Richard Branson will co-pilot a hydrogen “space balloon” that will float a small ... seven others 20 miles above Earth – ...

Although the exact launch date has not been set, the company has successfully conducted uncrewed test flights, demonstrating the balloon’s capability to reach high altitudes. The space balloon ...

The company wants to begin selling six-hour panoramic balloon rides into the stratosphere at a price of $125,000 per passenger starting in 2026. Jane Poynter, who co-founded Space Perspective with ...

World View, a commercial balloon spaceflight company, released footage from a recent flight showing the view passengers will experience during their journey above earth. World View is a space ...

Click here for that follow-up story.) Space Perspective, the Titusville balloon-tourism company that hopes to someday lift passengers 100,000 feet above Earth inside luxurious pressurized capsules ...

The launch was successful. Narrator:Felix set a new record for the highest ever manned balloon flight. Joe:You're climbing, Felix. You're on the way to space, buddy. And you're going up just great.

‘It’s all about taking people into space in a way that is completely accessible,’ she explains, pointing out that passengers need no training, experience no high G-forces and no discomfort. ‘We’re ...

The long, languorous flight times created by the balloon’s gradual ascent mean there’s time and space to relax. Hence the array of chairs that look more Star Trek than space shuttle, and the 2.82 sq m ...

The passenger was injured as he climbed out of a Virgin balloon after it landed A passenger suffered a "serious injury" as he stepped from a hot air balloon basket to help the ground crew ...

Space Perspective, a Richard Branson-backed startup that wants to take tourists to the stratosphere in a balloon, furloughed almost all of its workforce late last year after running low on cash.