Stories from the stratosphere

PRESS RELEASE - World View and SNC today announced the successful completion of a Gryphon high-altitude balloon (HAB) flight, a milestone mission that set new endurance and performance records while validating transformative engineering upgrades across the platform. Together, these advancements significantly expand WorldView’s industry-leading size, weight, and power (SWaP) capabilities, unlocking new possibilities for defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

PRESS RELEASE – World View announces the successful closing of its rolling Series D round. The closing of the round was led by Accel, a global venture capital firm helping ambitious companies build iconic global businesses.

World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, today announced the appointment of Clayton Fernandez as managing director of World View Indo-Pacific. Fernandez is a veteran technologist who has been at the forefront of Quantum, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Cloud technologies. He will lead World View’s growth in the strategically significant Indo-Pacific region as the company expands its stratospheric remote sensing services and capabilities across the globe.

World View today announced the successful validation of a new system design for its re-engineered super-pressure ballast balloon. This recent breakthrough in the company's high-altitude balloon technology marks a significant advancement in flight duration, performance and precision control, leading to enhanced capabilities for stratospheric remote sensing.

PRESS RELEASE - World View today announced the appointment of Julien Denat as Vice President, Supply Chain. Denat is a supply chain and program management leader with 22 years of aerospace experience at both startups and Global 500 companies, including Airbus. Denat will lead and expand World View’s supply chain team, including procurement, demand and inventory management.

PRESS RELEASE - World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, announces the closing of a strategic $25M investment from Breakthrough Victoria, an investment company established by the Victorian government to provide long-term capital to innovation businesses and projects that will improve people’s lives and benefit Victoria’s economy.

PRESS RELEASE - World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, announces the successful opening and initial funding of a Series D round. The round was led by SNC, a renowned leader in innovative technology solutions and open architecture integrations within the aerospace and national security sectors.

CBS REPORTS - In the aftermath of the Titan submersible tragedy, extreme travel has come under fresh scrutiny. But one industry stands out for both its allure and the lack of regulation protecting participants' safety: space tourism. CBS Reports explores the next great leap for humankind and whether regulators and industry stakeholders are striking the right balance between encouraging innovation and ensuring safety.

NASA - NASA is calling on middle and high school students across the country to submit experiment ideas for a high-altitude balloon or rocket-powered lander test flight in the third TechRise Student Challenge.

NASA - On July 24, students from 30 middle and high schools selected for NASA’s TechRise Student Challenge watched their experiments launch aboard a high-altitude balloon, marking the culmination of months of hard work.

PRESS RELEASE - World View, a global leader in stratospheric exploration and flight, today announced Stephen Wideman as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and former World View Exploration and Tourism Advisory Board (ExTAB) member Lori Garver to its Board of Directors.

PRESS RELEASE - World View will participate in a panel discussion at SXSW 2023 in collaboration with several authorities in exploration and space travel that explores space tourism as a medium for purposeful travel to experience our planet more fully. The session, Exploring–and Experiencing–Earth via Space Tourism, will take place on Wednesday, March 15, at 4:00 p.m. CDT as part of the conference’s Travel & Leisure track.