Zephalto, the French company aimed to offer in the near future manned flights to the stratosphere performed a crewed test over Occitanie, France on October 11th.

The hydrogen-filled zero-pressure balloon carried a pressurized capsule named Lucy with two pilots onboard.

During the three-hour flight the balloon that departed from the Albi Airfield, reached an altitude of 6 kilometers before landing near Agde.

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