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

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.

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 ...

THE Air Ministry has recently authorised the construction of two new experimental aeroplanes, one for high-altitude and the other for long-distance flights. The high-altitude machine will ...

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 ...

Description: Project BACCHUS aims to design, build, and test a payload that will attach directly to a high-altitude balloon and an Urban Sky remote ... of time at multiple altitudes throughout the ...

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 ...

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 ...