It’s pretty easy to take a balloon, fill it up with helium, and send it up in to the upper atmosphere. It’s much harder to keep track of it and recover it when it falls back to Earth. If you’re trying ...

French fighter jets shot down high-altitude balloons with air-to-air missiles in a recent test. France warned that the battle for near-space is heating up and pointed to China's spy balloon over the ...

A balloon intercepted by fighter aircraft over Utah on Friday was a "likely hobby balloon" and has since left United States airspace, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said Saturday ...

High-altitude balloons could become an important part of the Forest Service’s efforts to monitor and map wildfires, helping fire crews on the ground. Forest managers looking for a better view of ...

In 1783, hot air balloons became the first viable option for people to explore the world from the sky. In the years since then, balloon flight technology has evolved from cloth balloons and open ...

When Tucson-based World View Enterprises began flying high-altitude balloons in 2013, much of the buzz was around the company’s plans to take tourists on breathtaking trips to the stratosphere. But ...