Somewhere in Skamania County, an unmanned balloon cluster slipped its high-tech leash Sunday. “We hope somebody finds it and gives us a call,” said Joe Barbera, a member of the team that launched the ...

YORK HARBOUR, NewfoundlandYORK HARBOUR, Newfoundland — A balloonist who tried to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons is heading home after landing in Newfoundland, far ...

CARIBOU, Maine — Hundreds of multicolored balloons used Thursday to launch a balloonist for a trans-Atlantic crossing look like a page taken from the script of the movie “Up.” Instead of using a ...

As crazy as using endurance aircraft to broadcast internet around the globe sounds, Project Loon isn't alone in pursuing this path to a better-connected world. Facebook with its solar-powered Aquila ...

In the Pixar movie Up, a man lifts his house up and away using a huge bundle of colorful balloons. Real-life "cluster ballooners" attempted last weekend to break the world record for longest tandem ...

North Carolina pilot Jonathan Trappe flew across the sky Saturday attached to a specialized cluster-balloon chair. The cluster balloon was launched Saturday afternoon from the Wings of Carolina Flying ...

The Brazilian air force has suspended its search for Father Adelir Antonio de Carli, a priest who went missing four days ago after he was harnessed to thousands of helium balloons in an attempt to ...

Jonathan Trappe used 300 helium-filled balloons%2C like those used in in the movie %27Up%27 He%27d worked on the trans-Atlantic crossing for 2 years He left from ...

Last May 28, Jonathan Trappe became the first person to fly across a major body of water—the English Channel—while strapped to a cluster of balloons. Flight preparations had begun at midnight, ...