So we finally shot down the Chinese spy balloon. Why did this administration take so long to take action? Why did U.S. military heads and those in power wait until the balloon crossed the entire ...

Many consider it the must-see event at the Great Texas Balloon Race, or any other balloon race: the Balloon Glow.

What started as a childhood dream for a Pennsylvania man became a historic balloon launch in Presque Isle on Wednesday night.

Some meteorologists say they were unable to accurately forecast an ice storm that hit Northern Michigan in March because ...

China’s high-altitude surveillance balloon maneuvered over sensitive U.S. missile and nuclear weapons sites in addition to ones in Montana passed over before being shot down off the South ...

More accurately, we should call the delivery lighter-than-air mail, since this imagined letter would have been one of 123 handed over to John Wise, aeronaut and pilot of the balloon Jupiter.

The apparent purposelessness of the balloon was vexing (as was the fact that it was “there” at all). Had we painted, in great letters, “LABORATORY TESTS PROVE” or “18% MORE EFFECTIVE ...

BACON’S LETTER ASKING A SERIES OF QUESTIONS ... but this spring it's without the use of weather balloons. "We had to cease launching the weather balloon simply due to current staffing and ...

In a normal time, weather balloons would be launched across the country and world twice per day, right at about 8 am ET and 8 pm ET (one hour earlier in winter), or what we call 12z and 00z.

The release of electrically conductive balloons is now illegal. Really? Just those? If I buy a dozen uninflated balloons of any variety, take them out of the box and throw them on the street or ...