An online rumor circulated last week that suggested that one of NASA's high-flying research balloons, used to hunt for exoplanets, had crashed in Texas. But the leader of the mission has since ...

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica's icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a total of nine ...

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is back in Antarctica, launching two exciting balloon missions that aim to uncover some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. The missions kicked off in early December ...

(KWTX) - When you think of NASA research you likely think of rockets & satellites, but for over 30 years NASA has been performing high-altitude scientific research with balloons. In this week’s ...

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the agency's super pressure balloon technology. These stadium-sized, heavy-lift ...

So many programs are being cut and reconfigured as the sitting Republican cabinet slashes budgets and spending. In the mix, contracts, and thus jobs, are being ditched in the Lone Star State. This ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Sunday, people from eastern to western New Mexico, and even Arizona, were staring up into the sky, wondering about a mysterious floating dot. Well, it was a scientific balloon ...