A helium balloon, which is expected to be launched in just two years, might be able to take tourists to the Earth's stratosphere offering them a chance to view an amazing view of the planet with the sun.

The balloon will be capable of climbing to the height of 36km above the surface. It measures 420ft in diameter and include a comfortable pressurised pod, which is 13ft in diameter. It will have the two pilots and up to four guests, who will be paying £90,000 per person for a five hour ride.

The tourists will be experience a three-hour cruise at an altitude where they could watch the Sun dawning over the earth. The balloon will then descend until the sail separated from the pod, which will fly to earth with parachute.

The pod developed by Spanish company Zero 2 Infinity, will fly for the first time in 2013. The company claims that the pod can be flown 25miles in any direction and then flown back to a predetermined landing site.

CEO Jose Mariano Lopez-Urdiales said, “Going up into the earth's stratosphere in a balloon is a lot cheaper than doing it by rocket. You get to spend much more time high above and there is no engine noise.”

“I first had the idea about 10 years ago and since then I've found people to finance the project and built prototypes,” he added.