Man Films LEGO Space Shuttle Traveling to Space on a Balloon
On December 31st, 2011, Oaida Raul decided pay a tribute to the recently-retired …
Teens Photograph Lego Minifigure at Edge of Space for $400
A couple weeks ago, 17-year-old Canadian teens Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad successfully sent a Lego man and four cameras to the edges of space on a weather balloon and captured photographs of the figurine posing with a Canadian flag at 78,000 feet -- three times the cruising altitude of jets.
Camera Attached to Weather Balloon Captures Footage of Airliner Flying By
Photographer Edouard Janssens recently sent a weather balloon equipped with a Sony NEX-5 …
Students Send Nikon D300s to Space in a Beer Cooler
Sending cameras to the edges of space on a weather balloon has become a pretty popular activity as of late, but up to now people were mostly sending up cell phones, compact cameras, and small HD video cameras (e.g. GoPros). While those devices are light and relatively cheap, the quality of images produced isn't the best.