After COVID-19 delays, stratospheric research glider aims for 90,000-foot world record Nonprofit team collects climate science and aerospace engineering data en route to edge of space WASHINGTON & ...
The Perlan 2 glider is aiming to set an altitude record of 20,000 ft. for level flight of a winged aircraft. Credit: Airbus/Jamie Darcy The Airbus-sponsored Perlan 2 stratospheric glider will carry a ...
The high-altitude Perlan 2 glider may soon be carrying a Thales-made satellite communications system that will broadcast live in-flight video from the sailplane while cruising earth’s stratosphere.
On Sept. 2, 2018, Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, succeeded in setting a new world glider altitude record of 76,000 ft. in ...
OSHKOSH, Wisconsin—A U.S.-based team seeking to make history by soaring a specially designed glider to a record height of 90,000 ft. is soliciting donations and volunteers to make another series of ...
REDMOND, OR – The Perlan 2 glider, the world’s first engineless aircraft designed to reach the edge of space, achieved its successful first flight today in a historic moment about 5,000 feet above R ...
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 ...
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