We modeled the capacity of water to hold heat more easily than air. With the first balloon, the flame was applied to the rubber skin separating air outside the balloon from air inside the balloon. The ...

SAN DIEGO — Scientists studying the marine clouds that shade and cool the earth launched a new climate science experiment at Scripps Pier Monday morning. "One of the great things about the San Diego ...

A suite of scientific balloons is about to lift off from NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility’s field site in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, carrying instruments that will help scientists understand ...

World View, the near-space balloon company that will operate from a county-owned spaceport near Tucson International Airport, will participate in two recently announced NASA-funded space experiments.

Students had the opportunity to learn more about our skies on Tuesday with a balloon launch. Students from both Indiana University South Bend (IUSB) and several area high schools participated in the ...

On a clear day in early fall, around sunrise, you might notice hot air balloons flying across the sky, but why do they navigate the skies so early in the day and how does weather play a role in their ...

NASA’s Balloon Program Analysis Group recently presented a roadmap to NASA to guide them on how to plan and fund future balloon astronomy programs. Balloons have been used for over a century to ...

Harvard University researchers announced yesterday that they are seeking to move their first stratospheric test of a balloon that could one day be used in experiments to shade the Earth from the ...

Artist's rendering of a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the planet's upper atmosphere. Mars' atmosphere, once as thick as if not thicker than Earth's today, is leaking into space. "We ...

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - Concord East Side and South Side fourth graders came together Friday to launch a weather balloon, but things didn’t go quite as planned. The balloon got stuck in a tree ...