Enjoy lunch in stratospheric balloon

French start-up Zephalto has partnered with its national space agency to take tourists into the stratosphere, offering unparalleled views and Michelin-starred fine dining

CELESTE BALLOON
Occupants: Eight – two pilots, six passengers
Cost: $132,000 per person
First flight: 2025
     
Balloon filled with helium or hydrogen

Pressurised capsule: Joseph Dirand, French designer of Balmain and Givenchy stores in Paris, to create interiors

FLIGHT 6 hours

SPACE BALLOON RACE

U.S. competitor Space Perspectives offers voyages aboard Neptune One vessel, going to 100,000ft for $125,000. Flights to begin in 2024

Unlike Space Perspectives, Zephalto will land on ground, not in sea

Float altitude: 80,000ft
(15miles/25km)

Float duration: 3 hours

Rise:  1 1/2 hours
Descent: 1 1/2 hours

Launch

Commercial jet altitude: 33,000- 45,000ft
   

Sources: Zephalto, Bloomberg Pictures: Zephalto © GRAPHIC NEWS