Astronomers have discovered a distant planet with an abundance of helium in its atmosphere, which has swollen to resemble an inflated balloon. An international team of researchers, including Jessica ...

High above Antarctica, two giant NASA balloons are being readied to drift along the edge of space, turning the polar sky into a laboratory for some of the hardest questions in physics. Instead of ...

Halo Space is a space-tourism company that uses helium balloons instead of rockets or jets. CEO Carlos Mira plans to launch commercial flights in 2026, and take 10,000 people to the stratosphere by ...

Halo Space was founded in 2021 with the goal of improving access to space tourism. It would still be out of reach for most people, at around $150,000 a ticket, but by using helium balloons instead of ...

TORONTO December 2, 2004: – The Golden Palace.com Space Program Powered by the da Vinci Project announced today that it has completed construction and flight qualification of the “Worlds Largest ...

As space tourism becomes a possibility for travelers looking to escape the atmosphere, a Japanese startup aims to offer something just slightly closer to Earth. Iwaya was founded to make “near-space ...

It's probably just the National Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) livestreaming and doing science above 99.5% of the atmosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Aerospace startup Space Perspective teamed with Mercedes-Maybach to design a luxury space experience. Space Perspective aims to take guests 100,000 feet above Earth's atmosphere by 2024. Each ticket ...