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Feb 06, 2013
Weather Balloon Breaks World Record For Longest Flight
Super-TIGER, a heavy-lift balloon, collected so much data in its flight above Antarctica that it will take scientists two years to sort it all out.
Jan 11, 2012
X-Ray Telescope Will Balloon Into the Stratosphere To Look At Black Holes
It’s tough to get a new space telescope funded — there are all kinds of budget disputes and delays that...
Dec 15, 2011
Amateur Radio Balloon Flies From California to Algeria
A weather balloon built and powered by amateur radio balloon enthusiasts made an epic three-day journey from California to the...
Apr 29, 2010
NASA Balloon Launch Failure Turns Research Platform into One Expensive Wrecking Ball
Ballooning isn’t exactly rocket science, apparently. A NASA balloon launch in the Australian outback turned calamitous today as a gondola...