A 30-foot-high inflatable version of the planet Mars, part of an exhibit at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., rolled ...

Dangling from each one is a scientific payload that can be as large as a truck; think telescopes, cosmic ray detectors or ...

In 1783, hot air balloons became the first viable option ... But without the pioneers of the U.S. Air Force’s Balloon program, NASA may never have achieved all that all that it has to date.

A member of the U.S. Air Force deploys a weather balloon aboard the U.S.S. Portland before the NASA ... More Orion capsule descended to splash down in the Pacific off Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 11 ...

Volatile organic compounds are gases that are released in the air through products ... an assigned spot on a NASA-sponsored flight test using a high altitude weather balloon.

Gabriel Garde, head of NASA’s Balloon Program, leads the return to Wānaka, New Zealand, to flight-qualify giant super pressure balloons for 100-day missions in near-space. The 18.8-million ...

LONGVIEW, Texas — Organizers for the Great Texas Balloon Race in Longview have announced the list of performers for this year's event in June, including country artist Joe Nichols as the headliner.

Students at Rochester's John James Audubon School #33 went to new heights Monday, experiencing the wonder and science of a hot air balloon — in the gym. The group learned about the science of ...