On August 16, 1960, Joe Kittinger stood at the edge of his balloon's gondola, 19 and a half miles above the Earth's surface, and leapt out into the near vacuum of the stratosphere. Almost 14 ...

Spending three hours in the stratosphere, it will then descend for ... The aim is to give its passengers a view of Earth from a new perspective and see its spherical curve (known as the ...

World View Enterprises, an American near-space exploration and technology company, is offering commercial rides to the stratosphere ... what’s below and also the stars above.