Kittinger's 1960 jump. Credit: U.S. Air Force Project Excelsior was one of the Air Force's last high-altitude balloon experiments. Excelsior was a series of three high-altitude bailouts that were ...

Browse a gallery of the U.S. Air Force's high-altitude balloon experiments and the researchers, scientists, and test pilots who made them possible.

The High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology (HABET) course at Iowa State University conducts a handful of these balloon launches each semester. The balloons allow them to gather data at ...

But people flew much earlier than that by using hot air balloons as well as gas-filled ... project to test multi-stage parachutes made for high-altitude ejections. This was dangerous testing.

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

Even so, the arrival last month of a Chinese high-altitude balloon called for a measure of creativity, putting weapons to an unfamiliar test. On Jan. 28, a new and unexpected threat floated into U ...

These modules will guide you through the skill-building activities of a balloon payload workshop. If you have any questions or run into problems as you build, email [email protected] In order to ...

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

Edge of Space Sciences said several high-altitude balloons will take to the skies, each carrying scientific experiments, ...

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NASA has chosen four sophomore boys from South Kingstown High School to form a team and embark on a unique journey to find out if they can ...