Google sent seven air balloons with Android phones into orbit . The company has been working on the project for several years and is now ready to launch a small number of devices in low Earth orbit. The phones stopped functioning at 60,000 feet -- about twice as high as most planes fly . Google has posted several videos to YouTube chronicling the project .
Google sent seven air balloons with Android phones into orbit . The company has been working on the project for several years and is now ready to launch a small number of devices in low Earth orbit. Google has posted several videos to YouTube chronicling the project .