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Unusual device will be used for space tourism. The American World View conducted the first test of stratospheric balloon at a new venue in Tucson, Arizona. The startup plans to use balloons for observation of the surface of the Earth, and for space tourism. Tickets for stratosphere flight are already …

The test flight lasted six minutes. The plane SolarStratos receives all necessary energy from solar panels on the wings with an area of 22 square meters. Double plane weighs 450 kilograms with a length of 8.5 meters and a wingspan of 24.8 meters. The first flight took place at the …