Samsung sent four Galaxy S24 Ultra smartphones into space on stratospheric balloons in order to capture literal out-of-this-world photos of the western United States. [Read More]
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A 360-degree camera attached to a weather balloon captured an airliner flying beneath it at an astonishing speed of 500 miles per hour (800 kilometers per hour). [Read More]
After the media storm that followed the official shooting down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon, the United States Air Force downed three other unidentified objects.
Colorado-based aerial remote imaging company Urban Sky has announced that it has begun commercial operations to provide full-color imagery from its "microballoon" platform that photographs the Earth from the stratosphere. [Read More]
To celebrate Earth Day, the team from Hi-Impact L&D attached an Insta360 ONE X2 action camera to a weather balloon and sent it into the sky, allowing it to capture a stunning view of Earth from over 80,000 feet in the air. [Read More]
Three photographers recently sent a professional full-frame camera, the Sony a7S III, to near space on a weather balloon and managed to capture groundbreaking “close-up” shots of the Aurora Borealis (the “northern lights”).
In August of 2017, the team at Sent Into Space travelled to Fort Laramie, Wyoming to capture something incredible for the BBC. Using a high-altitude weather balloon and a 360° camera array, they captured what they claim is “the world’s first hyperlapse of an eclipse from the edge of space.” The resulting footage was only […]