Airbus Perlan Mission II returns to Patagonia with the aim of breaking a récord and fly up to the 90 thousand feet of altitude.
Airbus Perlan Mission II, The world's first initiative to pilot an avión without motor to the edge of space, completelyó with éXito a campaignñA flight test in the USA and gets ready to go back to Argentina.
The Perlan pressurized glider 2, that I establishedó the Récord mundial subsóaltitude nico a más de 76.000 feet in 2018, rapó Yesterday of the USA for the long journey to El Calafate, Argentina. About the Andes Patagónicos, where atmospheérich are óptimas, The Pilots and Expert Engineers of the Organizationón since the profit of the perlan Project intentionán elevate the experimental planner to its service roof of 90,000 pies.
“If a glider, who is a grandfatherón truly zero emissions, can become the avión that flies más high of all time, envíto a powerful message that decarbonizationón of aviationón is not an impediment to achievement, And it can even be a facilitator”, said C. Jeffrey Knittel, President and CEO of Airbus Americas.
Airbus Perlan II
As an investigaci platformón that does not emit gases, The pearl 2 It is ideal for researchón atmosphereérich at great altitude that the team carriesá out to inform Clim Change modelsático máS precise. the grandfatherón risesá at altitudes where air density is similar to that of ATMóthe sphere of Mars, providing opportunities úNicas for Aerodin studiesáMicos related to turbulence, The extreme climate and future explorationóspace n.
the grandfatherón tambiéná Design experimentsñattached by school students throughés from associatesón STEM de The Perlan Project con Teachers in Space.
Airbus startedó its main sponsorship of The Perlan Projec in 2014, What facilitatesó the completionón of constructionón of Perlan 2. the glider, described by Warnock as «A CáSpace psula with wings», Eastá equipped with sophisticated life support systems and instrumentationón to guarantee the security of the pilot.
the grandfatherón is able to rise without engine to its altitudes réCord thanks to very rare air currents known as «wavesñAt stratosférich», that are formed when the windingsña are strengthened by the Vórtice polar.
The Airbus Perlan Mission II team, formed by some of the test pilotsás céAvio -Industry Lebresón cientíworld -renowned climate ficos, carryá carried out his campaignñto flight 2023 from the end of July to mid-September, When más probable that waves occurñosas estratosférich in the southern hemisphere. Afterés to establish several réSuccessive cords in Añthe previous ones, the team went on hiatus during the pandemic COVID-19.
