NASA’s 18.8-million-cubic-foot super balloon will soar at 110,000 feet, tracking winds, quakes, and atmospheric ...

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the ...

Looking for a reason to put up a balloon and payload into near-space? Not that one’s necessary, but the Global Space Balloon Challenge has got a variety of good reasons for you to do so ...

The biggest issue with sending expensive electronics into near space is trying to recover them ... height before separating from the weather balloon, then using the servos to navigate to the ...

With high-altitude ballooning we get access to near space at a fraction of the cost,” Nelson said. “These balloons get so high up, you can see the curvature of Earth and the blackness of space.

Felix's balloon is so big it needs near-perfect calm to inflate ... You're on the way to space, buddy. And you're going up just great. Felix Baumgartner's mission depended on one of the least ...