The GoPro was launched on a space balloon by Stanford students two years ago. The Grand Canyon is pictured here in this photo from a GoPro launched into space by a group of Stanford students via a ...

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Ward and his friends launched the balloon rig from Comanche, about 100 miles west of Waco. From there, it traveled 99,000 feet into the freezing stratosphere, where it burst as planned. The radio and ...

Does “Pix or it didn’t happen” apply to traveling to the edge of space on a balloon-lofted solar observatory? Yes, it absolutely does. The breathtaking views on this page come courtesy of IRIS-2, a ...