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.

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon ...

The balloons soar 100,000 feet in the air with sensors called radiosondes ... Earlier this month, the agency had announced weather balloon cuts in Albany, New York and Gray, Maine, and in late ...