US Patent Issued to Space Perspective on June 2 for "Aerospace balloon system and method of operation" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,651, issued on June 2, was assigned to Space Perspective Inc. (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.).

"Aerospace balloon system and method of operation" was invented by Taber MacCallum (Kennedy Space Center, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A balloon system, preferably including a balloon and a payload. A balloon, preferably including a plurality of gores, a plurality of load members, and an apex fitting. A method of balloon system operation, preferably including deflating a balloon, and optionally including operating the balloon system in flight and/or landing the balloon system."

The patent was filed on Sept. 8, 2023, under Application No...