The first super pressure balloon flight of NASA's New Zealand Balloon Campaign reached its float altitude after lifting off from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand, at 10:44 a.m. NZST, Thursday ...

The building serves as a weather station and payload preparation facility for scientists who send instruments to the very top of the atmosphere by hitching them to giant balloons. On this warm ...

Prepare for an adorable adventure filled with flowers and friendship as Ruku’s Heart Balloon comes to Xbox, PC and Play Anywhere. Working as a cute, picture book-style puzzle game from developer ...

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Weather balloon launches in Grand Junction have been limited to one per day. On March 20, the National Weather Service issued a memo regarding the “Reduction of Radiosonde Observations (RAOB ...

A weather balloon floats away from the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction in 2019. The site will reduce its number of balloon launches by 50% as the federal agency makes staffing cuts.

In late March, the National Weather Service announced it would be temporarily reducing the number of weather balloon launches from 11 stations, including Grand Junction, as the federal agency grapples ...

In one story, a woman’s ex-lovers fall from the sky like hailstones. In another, balloons float into a character’s garden carrying cryptic messages from who knows where (“YOU SEEM LONELY ...

In late March, the National Weather Service announced it would be temporarily reducing the number of weather balloon launches from 11 stations, including Grand Junction, as the federal agency grapples ...

When the balloon floats somewhere past 66,000 feet in altitude, it bursts and releases the sulfur dioxide particles, which scatter and reflect sunlight, cooling the Earth a tiny bit. The company ...