High-altitude aerospace research nonprofit Perlan Project plans this year to take another shot at flying its Perlan 2 glider to a record 90,000ft, after which it intends to terminate that flight-test ...

WASHINGTON & MINDEN, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test ...

The pressurized, high-altitude Perlan 2 glider is expected to reach a record-breaking altitude of 90,000 feet during the upcoming flight test campaign. The Perlan 2 glider has broken its own world ...

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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Students from Sunland Park, Anthony, and Las Cruces are sending science experiments to the edge of space on the Airbus Perlan Mission II. The pressurized glider ...

EL CALAFATE, Argentina, Aug. 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Airbus Perlan Mission II, an initiative to fly a glider without an engine to the edge of space to collect ground-breaking insights on climate ...

MINDEN, Nev. — The space glider Perlan 2 is helping Airbus take on Silicon Valley’s brightest innovators, even while pursuing technologies that might eventually lead to passenger flights in space. The ...

The only aircraft to make it to the edge of space thus far have been advanced military jets, but next year an engineless glider could reach a record altitude, at least that's the goal of the team ...

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 24 (Reuters) - 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, ...

COLORADO SPRINGS—The Airbus Perlan 2 stratospheric glider is en route to South America, where it will attempt unpowered flights to altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft.–a height never achieved by a ...