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This is what it looks like inside a giant space balloon for tourists
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Alphabet will 'wind down' Loon's internet-broadcasting balloons
The high-flying Project Loon has come to an end, with its CEO saying they weren't able to get costs low enough.
Google AI is now piloting Loon's internet-beaming balloons
The reinforcement learning model guides balloons much more efficiently.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Alphabet’s Loon sets a new record for longest stratospheric flight
It stayed aloft for 312 days while circumnavigating the globe.
Alphabet's Loon balloons are helping scientists study gravity waves
The research could lead to better models for predicting the weather.
NASA will deploy a huge stratospheric balloon to study newborn stars
It will make detailed 3D maps of gases around the giant stars.
Loon's balloon-powered internet service is live in Kenya
After two years of planning and testing, the commercial service is live.
Samsung's 'SpaceSelfie' balloon crashed in someone's yard
It wasn't the ideal ending to Samsung's marketing stunt.
Alphabet's internet balloons have spent a million hours in the stratosphere
It's a milestone for balloon broadband.
Alphabet's Loon could provide internet in Kenya this year
It just received approval to begin commercial testing.
Alphabet's Loon forms advisory board to score internet balloon deals
It's taking on industry veterans to help it sweet-talk telecoms.
SpaceX will try 'giant party balloon' to slow upper rocket stages
It's moving one step closer to recovering the whole vehicle.
Now T-Mobile is working with Project Loon in Puerto Rico
It joins AT&T in using the balloons to distribute LTE.
World View successfully launches near-space balloon from its new HQ
It's the start of more routine launches for the satellite replacement.
Alphabet's internet balloon chief leaves after 6 months
It comes after promises that he'd be crucial to Project Loon's launch.
27EE looks to drones and big balloons to tackle 4G 'notspots'
A fast, flexible way to keep rural communities connected.
NASA's Antarctica balloons will study cosmic rays and neutrinos
The polar region is an ideal place to study the secrets of the universe.
Google internet balloon uses AI to stay in place for weeks
It hovered in the Peruvian stratosphere for 98 days.
A totally new energy source in slow moving rivers
Alternative energy sources are coming up water.
Chinese space theme park to send tourists to the stratosphere
'Future Valley' theme park will put people in near-space high altitude balloons.
