History Before the space race, the US military raced balloons to the stratosphere Forget rockets, soldiers and sailors tried to conquer the skies in the 1930s with hot air. Nicholas Slayton ...

Space Perspective conducted an unmanned test flight, of the hot-air balloon and the Spaceship Neptune-Excelsior capsule, on Sept. 15, off the coast of St. Petersburg, Florida.

Packed with sensors and instrumentation, the capsule and 550-foot-tall hydrogen-filled balloon ascended from the deck of company ship MS Voyager in the Gulf of Mexico miles off the St. Petersburg ...

Packed with sensors and instrumentation, the capsule and 550-foot-tall hydrogen-filled balloon ascended from the deck of company ship MS Voyager in the Gulf of Mexico miles off the St. Petersburg ...

The billionaire is investing in Space Perspective, the Space Coast-based space balloon venture, and will join its founders on the space tourism operation's first human test flight planned next year.

Richard Branson already saw the blackness of space traveling at nearly Mach 3 with his company Virgin Galactic. Now he’s going to take a slower approach invited to fly on Space Perspective&#8… ...

Space Perspective' Spaceship Neptune is a hydrogen-filled space balloon that can be launched from a marine spacesport, carrying an 8-passenger capsule boasting the largest cabin in the industry ...

The balloon is designed to use hydrogen power to reach the edge of space. Read: Space tourism company prepares to take passengers on a 6-hour journey 100,000 feet above the earth ...

At the heart of this project is hydrogen, a renewable gas, playing a key role. Unlike helium, often used for balloons, hydrogen helps reduce production costs. This choice reflects a desire to make ...

Billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson is heading to the edge of the atmosphere -- in a space balloon. A company called Space Perspective says Branson will co-pilot the first crewed flight by ...

Space Perspective Space Perspective is preparing for the first crewed flight of its stratospheric balloon, and Virgin Galactic founder and adventurer Richard Branson will be going along for the ...

Would you pay $125K for a ride in a hydrogen space balloon with Richard Branson? Sir Richard Branson will co-pilot a hydrogen “space balloon” to take high-paying passengers higher into the ...