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Canadian man aims to fly into space using helium balloons

Canadian man aims to fly into space using helium balloons

A Canadian man was fined $20,000 for using more than 100 helium balloons attached to his lawn chair to fly over Calgary in July 2015. 27-year-old Daniel Boria, whose stunt was meant to promote his cleaning company, published a trailer for his proposed next stunt, attempting to break the world record for the highest-altitude free-fall jump from 140,000ft. Mar 21, 2017
Nasa finally retrieves its balloon from Antarctica after a year of blizzards

Nasa finally retrieves its balloon from Antarctica after a year of blizzards

A helium balloon the size of a football pitch was airborne around the continent of Antarctica for 12 days in 2016, but it took Nasa a whole year of waiting for the weather to be safe enough to go and pick it up. The scientists have now collected the expensive telescope the balloon carried to observe the Sun. Feb 24, 2017
Nasa finally retrieves its balloon from Antarctica after a year of blizzards

Nasa finally retrieves its balloon from Antarctica after a year of blizzards

A helium balloon the size of a football pitch was airborne around the continent of Antarctica for 12 days in 2016, but it took Nasa a whole year of waiting for the weather to be safe enough to go and pick it up. The scientists have now collected the expensive telescope the balloon carried to observe the Sun. Feb 24, 2017
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