A little yellow house like the one seen in the Pixar movie Up actually went up in the air on Saturday, March 5 as part of the upcoming National Geographic Channel series “How Hard Can It Be?”. Scientists, engineers, and balloon pilots worked together to launch a life-sized model of the Up house using 300 helium balloons! Not only did the team prove that a house really could be lifted by balloons, they broke a world record for the largest balloon cluster flight ever attempted.

How far did the floating house get? It rose to a height of 10,000 feet and was in the air for about an hour.

Watch a video of the floating house on the Inside NGC blog.

Want more balloon fun? Watch this video of a dog popping balloons!

Photograph by Stewart Volland