Residents in the Southern Hemisphere’s mid-latitudes, such as Argentina and South Africa, may catch a glimpse of a large NASA heavy-lift scientific balloon as it travels around the globe on a ...

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wānaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the technology, which can offer cost savings ...

An official chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS), SPES is open to all students aims to introduce students to the ...

Through the experiment, students will get to learn the science behind the solar-powered balloon, track its journey via satellite, and analyze data collected during the high-altitude flight. Through ...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - Riley High School’s aerospace engineering class celebrated Monday as they launched a high-altitude balloon equipped with a camera, a beacon, and a GPS tracker. The project, ...

An informal motto at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility: "Real scientists do it on balloons." (Samuel Shaw/Longview News-Journal Photo) In Palestine, mammoth balloons are assembled at a NASA ...

San Diego Jewish Academy recently announced the successful launch of a high-altitude weather balloon by its physics students, which traveled roughly 60 miles northeast, was in the air for two hours, ...

Early spring snow clung to the tree branches surrounding the Howe Hall parking lot as a dozen Iowa State University students began filling a high-altitude balloon with hydrogen just after dawn on ...

AMES, Iowa – Early spring snow clung to the tree branches surrounding the Howe Hall parking lot as a dozen Iowa State University students began filling a high-altitude balloon with hydrogen just after ...