NASA’s Balloon Program Office successfully completed the second test flight of its Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) at 3:54 p.m. EDT, Saturday, July 2, setting a new flight duration record for a ...

On Tuesday, people in Southcentral Alaska may have noticed an unusual sight in the sky: a large white and silver balloon, carrying an unidentified payload. It wasn’t a repeat of 2023, when an unmanned ...

Walla Walla-based hot air balloon pilot Devin White glances at the altimeter attached to Spectra, making a mental note of his altitude and wind speed. Spectra is White’s rainbow ombre-colored balloon ...

Hot-air balloon rides over Luxor, Egypt have boomed since Khaled Aboel Hagag joined Sindbad Balloons in 2006. Five companies ...

With six teams assigned to specific aspects of the project, the Northeast Middle School Electronics Club recently coordinated a successful 70-mile flight of a weather balloon across mid-Michigan, then ...

We're now one step closer to seeing tourists making balloon flights to the edge of outer space. Just last week, Florida company Space Perspective sent a balloon-lifted test capsule to the outer limits ...

WELL, WE ARE HOPING FOR A CALM CONDITIONS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. PERFECT FOR FLYING THOSE BALLOONS. LET’S GET YOU BACK OVER TO BYRON MORTON. YEAH, WE TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME. OF COURSE, THE WIND IS ...

It’s 3 a.m. and Mandy Baskin is awake, checking weather reports from her home in Gordonsville. At 5:30 a.m., the owner of Monticello Country Ballooning stands outside the Boar’s Head Resort in ...