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The space race (cuộc đua) just got a new entrant. France’s Zephalto is offering passengers (những hành khách) the chance to travel to the stratosphere (tầng bình lưu) in a balloon (bóng bay), starting at €120,000 ($132,000) per person in 2025.

“I partnered with the French space agency (cơ quan không gian), and we worked on the concept (ý tưởng) of the balloon together,” says Zephalto founder and aerospace engineer (kỹ sư hàng không vũ trụ) Vincent Farret d’Astiès.

He tells Bloomberg that he’s planning on 60 flights a year, with just six passengers on board each flight. The company aims to provide an experience that brings the best bits of French hospitality (tính hiếu khách) —fine food, wine and design—to the edges of space for those who can afford the six-figure ticket (vé).

Balloons filled with helium or hydrogen will depart from France with two pilots on board and rise 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) into the stratosphere for 1 1/2 hours. Once at peak altitude, which is about three times higher than for a commercial airliner (máy bay), the balloon will stay for three hours, giving guests a chance to take in views previously seen only by astronauts (những phi hành gia). The descent (hạ cánh) will take a further hour and a half, for a six-hour round trip.