The team behind the Perlan II is kicking off a fourth flying season with the goal of soaring the unpowered aircraft to a record altitude of 90,000ft this year. That would be the highest Perlan II can ...

Airbus' Perlan 2 glider is continuing to push the limits of engineless flight, hitting a succession of record altitudes throughout the last week, culminating in a unprecedented 76,000-ft (23,000-m) ...

WASHINGTON & MINDEN, Nev.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Airbus Perlan Mission II, the world’s first initiative to pilot an engineless aircraft to the edge of space, has successfully completed a flight test ...

An effort to fly a glider into the stratosphere is rapidly approaching a crossroads. A lack of Sierra Wave during the month of April has left the crew of the Perlan II with a choice — remain in Minden ...

The Airbus Perlan Mission II sailplane broke its own altitude record, soaring to 30,615 feet, and aims to surpass the world altitude record of 50,727 feet by catching stratospheric mountain waves. The ...

The only aircraft to make it to the edge of space thus far have been advanced military jets, but next year an engineless glider could reach a record altitude, at least that's the goal of the team ...