Recent budget cuts and staffing shortages at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are leaving large parts of ...

There are two critical pieces when launching a weather balloon: the balloon itself and a radiosonde.

Staffing cuts forced the National Weather Service to cut early morning weather balloon launches. Then two tornado outbreaks this spring caught forecasters by surprise.

Students across Concord Community Schools gathered on the high school campus to hold its annual weather balloon launch. With buses awaiting their usage in the chase to track them down, the ...

Fourth graders with Concord Community Schools launched a weather balloon Friday morning following months of research and project-based learning.

Concord elementary school students from all four elementary schools launched weather balloons on Friday, learning a bit about ...

A tornado outbreak near Kansas City, Kansas, on Monday night came as a surprise. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. At least three ...

Students say they spent months working on the balloon before finally releasing it.

Eleven students in the Leffell Space Program climbed onto a school bus loaded with antennas, laptops, radios, tools, and ...

Students from four elementary schools participated in the launch, which put classroom lessons into practice.