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Trans-Pacific balloon crew: It's like camping in the sky

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An international team is piloting the helium-filled Two Eagles balloon across the Pacific Ocean in an effort to break a pair of major ballooning records. The balloon's capsule is about the size of a large tent — 7 feet long, 5 feet wide and 5 feet tall, which leaves the pilots little room to move around. Since they're flying at an altitude of at least 15,000 feet, they have oxygen masks and are bundled up to cope with the 50-degree temperature inside the capsule. Because of the altitude and the inability to move around, however, they don't have large appetites. The team has been in constant communication with mission control, and updates on the balloon's location are being posted to social media sites.

 

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