31.   Swiss-based team hopeful it will receive Chinese clearance for round-the-world balloon flight.

32.   Swiss-based team seeking Chinese clearance for round-the-world balloon flight.

33.   That flight appears to be the third-farthest balloon flight and the second-farthest solo flight.

34.   The planned balloon flight comes a week after a failed attempt by Chicago millionaire Steve Fossett, British tycoon Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand of Sweden.

35.   The planned balloon flight comes a week after after a failed attempt by Chicago millionaire Steve Fossett, British tycoon Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand of Sweden.

36.   The trip was the longest ever solo balloon flight.

37.   The U.S.-Australian team hopes to succeed where other attempts have failed by flying higher than any previous manned balloon flight, reaching the edge of the atmosphere.

38.   The two British pilots on the ground in Spain are recognized experts in high-altitude balloon flight.

39.   There are actually rules for what constitutes an around-the-world balloon flight.

40.   There have been two successful trans-Pacific balloon flights.