Airbus completed a test flight of a glider set to eventually travel to the edge of space, in a pioneering step into the stratosphere. The Perlan 2's flight, from an airstrip in the western US state of ...

The high-altitude Perlan 2 glider may soon be carrying a Thales-made satellite communications system that will broadcast live in-flight video from the sailplane while cruising earth’s stratosphere.

PORTLAND, Ore. -- An experimental glider that could eventually reach the edge of space without the power of an engine had a successful first test flight over Oregon this week, winning applause on ...

Some may remember the Project Loon balloons from years past. It's been a while since we've talked about the project, and recently a Loon balloon set a new flight duration record, spending 312 days in ...

A World View Enterprises balloon about to lift off from southeastern Arizona on March 8, 2015, on the company's first commercial flight. The cost of sending a scientific experiment to the stratosphere ...

The cost of sending a scientific experiment to the stratosphere aboard a balloon just went down. Arizona-based World View Enterprises announced today (Sept. 8) that it's introducing a cost-sharing ...