Space flight enthusiasts talk confidently about trips to the moon, but so far no rocket, even an unmanned one, has climbed more than 0.25% of the distance—about 600 miles, unofficially credited ...

High-altitude surveillance balloons are not the same as satellites, which are launched into space by rockets. Satellites also orbit at much higher altitudes than balloon-powered devices.

For several years scientists from the University of Iowa have been launching rockets from high-flying balloons to study cosmic rays at great altitudes. The advantage is that the rocket avoids most ...

SpaceRyde’s rocket system uses a stratospheric balloon to bypass 99% of the atmosphere without depositing black particles into the ozone.

The new Volterrex 13,000 Lumen Battery-Powered LED Balloon Work Light casts 360-degrees of glare-free diffused light illuminating up to 7,500 square feet.

Space Perspective, the Titusville-based company building hydrogen-balloon-powered capsules to lift tourists to the brink of space, just completed an uncrewed flight test from the deck of a ...

A solar-powered balloon mission detected a repeating infrasound noise in the stratosphere. Scientists don't know what is making it.

Primary school pupils investigate which model car design is faster; one propelled by an elastic band around the axel, or a balloon-powered car which doesn't directly power the wheels.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Project Far Side was a series of six ...

But newton’s third law says that forces act in pairs. That means the pressure inside the balloon is also pushing up on the balloon. That upward force is what makes the rocket fly.

The company says the unique experience — a six-hour, 18-mile-high balloon trip, rather than the relatively-short flights of its rocket-powered competitors — makes the $125,000 ticket worth it.

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