Info: A small group of scientists has come to Fairbanks, Alaska to realize what may seem an impossible dream... to revolutionize space travel. They're there to test components of this rocket by sending them aboard helium balloons to an altitude of 30 kilometers into the harsh environment of space.
Above the north and south poles, conditions are about as harsh as you can get. Our planet is bombarded with a steady stream of charged particles from the Sun. Earth's magnetic field accelerates and channels them, turning the night into a spectacle of color.
While most astronauts train to live and work in zero gravity, or to move around in bulky space ...
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