balloon flight technology has evolved from cloth balloons and open baskets to polyethylene balloons and metal pressurized gondolas that allow for high-altitude atmospheric exploration. Beginning ...

Regardless, we’ve had balloons a good century earlier than winged flight, if not longer ... to test multi-stage parachutes made for high-altitude ejections. This was dangerous testing.

NASA’s 18.8-million-cubic-foot super balloon will soar at 110,000 feet, tracking winds, quakes, and atmospheric changes—paving the way for future space science and exploration.

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the ...

These modules will guide you through the skill-building activities of a balloon payload workshop. If you have any questions or run into problems as you build, email vcorral@colorado.edu In order to ...

Even so, the arrival last month of a Chinese high-altitude balloon called for a measure of creativity, putting weapons to an unfamiliar test. On Jan. 28, a new and unexpected threat floated into U ...

A super pressure balloon with the EUSO-2 payload is prepared for launch from Wānaka, New Zealand, during NASA's campaign in ...

Tate Schrock’s curiosity is a common theme that has guided him throughout his life and career, along with his passion for solving problems and making science and technology accessible. Schrock prides ...

A tethered balloon, developed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was successfully deployed on Wednesday to assist in the construction of ...

Join us on Wednesday at noon Pacific time for the high-altitude ballooning Hack ... capturing stunning video of the weather balloon breaking. Their most recent flight carried a more complex ...