A high-altitude scientific balloon operated by NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, carrying the EXCITE instrument for exoplanet atmospheric studies, experienced an anomaly during its flight ...

NASA just pulled off a sky-high feat: One of its massive super-pressure balloons completed a full lap around the Southern Hemisphere in just over 16 days. The globe-trotting balloon crossed the 169.24 ...

Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These balloons can loft instruments ...

Physicists at the University of Massachusetts Lowell developed a camera launched high into the atmosphere on a balloon early this month that will be used to help scientists develop theories about how ...

NASA's massive super-pressure balloon has completed a 16-day trip around the Southern Hemisphere — a milestone in high-altitude flight and atmospheric research. When you purchase through links on our ...