The deal between near-space company World View and Pima County has sparked legal action. The News 4 Tucson Investigators have learned htat Pima County’s loan of $15 million to World View Enterprises, a space tourism company, has sparked a lawsuit. The defendants: Pima County, its entire Board of Supervisors, and County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry. Jim Manley, Senior Attorney with the conservative think-tank Goldwater Institute in Phoenix, told us he’s filing […]
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EDWARDS, Calif. (NASA PR) — NASA has been working with commercial space companies for several years to deliver astronauts and supplies to the International Space Station. The agency has also sought commercial suborbital space companies to verify the performance of technologies and systems in suborbital space with the goal of reducing the cost and risk of future orbital space missions. NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Flight Opportunities Program has re-opened […]
Chief Pilot Ron Garan talks about World View.
Ron Garan in the ISS cupola. (Credit: NASA)
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 22, 2016 (World View PR) — World View, the commercial balloon spaceflight company, has named retired NASA astronaut Ron Garan as chief pilot for current robotic flight operations and upcoming human spaceflights via balloon. A highly decorated fighter pilot, test pilot and astronaut who traveled 71,075,867 miles in 2,842 orbits of Earth, Garan will be responsible for the safe and successful completion of all flight operations, including uncrewed robotic launches and passenger flights to the edge of space.
Crewed high altitude capsule. (Credit: World View)
By Douglas Messier
Managing Editor
Officials in Tucson beat out stiff competition from New Mexico and Florida to keep home-grown World View Enterprsise from relocating out of state.
Credit: World View
PAGE, AZ, Oct. 26, 2015 (World View PR) – World View, the commercial spaceflight company, has successfully completed a major milestone test flight this past weekend, keeping the company on track to meet its 2017 goal for private flights with passengers to the edge of space. This test flight carried a scaled down, replica spacecraft to a final altitude of 100,475 feet (30624 meters), successfully marking the transition from sub-scale testing to a historical next stage of development – full scale testing.
Crewed high altitude capsule. (Credit: World View)
TUCSON, AZ, Oct. 12, 2015 (World View PR) – World View, the commercial balloon spaceflight company, has been included in the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book as one of ten elite Fantasy Gifts. The annual Christmas Book will include an exclusive World View package available only to ten Neiman Marcus customers. This package features the rare opportunity to be a part of a World View test flight with a behind-the-scenes invitation while enjoying luxurious accommodations at the Miraval Resort in Tucson, Ariz. Each package also includes a private tour of Biosphere 2 with original crew member and World View CEO, Jane Poynter, along with a ticket to be one of the first to see Earth from the company’s luxury pressurized capsule.
Tucson, AZ, Sept. 9, 2015 (World View PR) – World View, the commercial balloon spaceflight company, has updated its pricing policy to allow payloads of any size to share space on World View flights, ranging in mass from less than a pound to more than a few hundred pounds. This will lower cost of flight options for a wide range of customers, drastically increasing access to near-space for scientists and researchers around the world.
World View parafoil at 120,000 feet. (Credit: World View)
Tucson, AZ – Feb. 20, 2015 – World View, the commercial balloon spaceflight company, is one step closer to launching manned voyages after successfully flying the first parafoil from the edge of space at a record-breaking height of 102,200 feet this morning.
World View parafoil at 120,000 feet. (Credit: World View)
TUCSON, AZ, June 24, 2014 (World View PR) – Representing a milestone accomplishment, World View, the commercial balloon spaceflight company, has successfully completed a scaled test flight of its high-altitude balloon spaceflight system breaking the world record for highest parafoil flight in the process. The flight launched from Roswell International Air Center in Roswell, NM on June 18 at 7:45 a.m. MT and lasted more than five hours.
Launching in 2016, World View will have Voyagers floating peacefully to the edge of space for a two-hour sailing-like experience within a luxuriously engineered pressurized capsule transported by a parafoil and high-altitude balloon. Guests will enjoy 360-degree vistas of the world’s most spectacular panorama, marveling at the beauty of the Earth below, watching the sun slowly rise above the curvature of our planet suspended in a vast, black and infinite universe. In addition to offering breathtaking experiences for Voyagers, the capabilities being developed by World View will offer unprecedented and affordable access to the near-space environment for educators, researchers, private companies and government agencies alike.