Students at Rochester's John James Audubon School #33 went to new heights Monday, experiencing the wonder and science of a ...

By Nicole Tam Click here for updates on this story INDIANOLA, Iowa (KCCI) -- A 16-year-old Indianola native is a licensed hot ...

Olson says he’s been getting ready for this moment since his first hot-air balloon ride when he was four years old.

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

A 16-year-old Indianola native is a licensed hot-air balloon pilot. Landon Olson grew up being interested in hot-air balloons. His first time in a basket was when he was just four years old.

Some thought it might have been an escaped weather balloon while others felt the sight was something more sinister. But it ...

Last month, actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were found dead in their home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. While the "suspicious" nature of their deaths sparked a full investigation, it sounds ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) is reducing weather balloon launches in Green Bay to one flight per day as they face a ...

This week the National Weather Service announced reductions in weather balloon launches. Experts warn that could harm weather forecast accuracy, the economy and safety.

A mysterious white balloon that was seen flying through the skies attracted the attention of hundreds of onlookers. But who ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WKOW) -- The National Weather Service (NWS) typically launches weather balloons twice per day from 100 sites ...

Scenery - the view from the gas balloon in the day (Image: Austria Gas Balloon Team) The plucky pair had started their journey from Burgkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany, and flown over France, Belgium and ...