ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Soon, hundreds of hot air balloons will fill the Albuquerque sky as part of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but what goes into making a balloon fly? The answer ...

A WashU team launched the Dilution Refrigerator Transition Edge Sensor (DR-TES) mission on Sept. 24 from NASA's scientific balloon facility in Fort Sumner, N.M. The mission is testing a sophisticated ...

Arizona is home to multiple hot air balloon festivals every year, and the colorful sky vessels are a popular tourist attraction in the state. While some come just to watch the colorful balloons take ...

On a clear day in early fall, around sunrise, you might notice hot air balloons flying across the sky, but why do they navigate the skies so early in the day and how does weather play a role in their ...

NASA is about to launch a flock of giant balloons from Antarctica to the edge of space – for science, of course. On December 1, as part of NASA’s annual Antarctic Long Duration Balloon Campaign, teams ...

A balloon soars through Colorado skies during Thursday's drama. Anyone familiar with the physics of lighter-than-air lift would probably have suspected that 6-year-old Falcon Heene was not inside the ...

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