Later stage of the explosion. John Powell has a dream: getting humans into space via balloon. For now, he’s perfecting his launch techniques by wafting payloads into the stratosphere.

The first crewed Space Perspective flight is set to take place sometime in 2025, with planning for commercial voyages to begin upon successful completion. According to reports, more than 1,800 ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. SpaceX has already shared plans to fly people around the Earth, and the entire idea of ...

He will be one of three pilots on board the space balloon. Company co-founders Jane Poynter and Taber MacCallum will be the other two pilots. Branson has undertaken balloon journeys as well.

Beginning in the early 1930s the United States Air Force began making forays into the atmosphere using balloons, and what followed laid the foundation for NASA and all American space exploration ...

We’ve reported on “space” balloons before. Heck, some of us have even launched a few. Usually they go way up in the air, take some cool pictures, and land within driving (and retrieving ...

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 vacuum of space will pull the air from your body. So if there's air left in your lungs, they will rupture. Oxygen in the rest of your body will also expand. You'll balloon up to twice your ...

A 30-foot-high inflatable version of the planet Mars, part of an exhibit at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., rolled ...

The Space Minor has designed a special program that allows any student in the Space Minor an opportunity to build a balloon payload and launch it to the edge of space! Students are challenged to ...

The balloon space funeral service releases a balloon carrying the deceased’s ashes up toward outer space, putting a new twist on releasing balloons at a funeral as a symbolic gesture for a ...