Near Space Labs, a Brooklyn, New York-based startup, invented "Swifts," or stratospheric, AI-enabled robotic cameras that fly on weather balloons. Space Labs is using Swifts to assess property ...

Looking for a reason to put up a balloon and payload into near-space? Not that one’s necessary, but the Global Space Balloon Challenge has got a variety of good reasons for you to do so ...

The sensors and cameras onboard many high altitude balloons and satellites aren ... up to try and make a turn-key solution for any near-space enthusiast by building CUBEX, a wonderful little ...

With high-altitude ballooning we get access to near space at a fraction of the cost,” Nelson said. “These balloons get so high up, you can see the curvature of Earth and the blackness of space.

Felix's balloon is so big it needs near-perfect calm to inflate ... You're on the way to space, buddy. And you're going up just great. Felix Baumgartner's mission depended on one of the least ...