NASA’s Balloon Program Office successfully completed the second test flight of its Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) at 3:54 p.m. EDT, Saturday, July 2, setting a new flight duration record for a ...

Even when surprise thundershowers have them grounded, hot air balloon pilots see the skies a little differently than most other people. "The sky is always purple in our world," Bill Kinser said on a ...

JACKSON TWP. − Hot air balloons dotted the skies of Stark County as the annual Balloon Classic lifted off Friday morning. The event, located at the Kent State University at Stark campus, 6000 Frank ...

On Tuesday, people in Southcentral Alaska may have noticed an unusual sight in the sky: a large white and silver balloon, carrying an unidentified payload. It wasn’t a repeat of 2023, when an unmanned ...

A hot air balloon pilot in Vermont safely made an emergency landing on a highway median Wednesday night after stalling in midair. The hot air balloon landed on Interstate 91 in the White River ...

We're now one step closer to seeing tourists making balloon flights to the edge of outer space. Just last week, Florida company Space Perspective sent a balloon-lifted test capsule to the outer limits ...

You may have noticed a few identifiable flying objects in the skies over Dutchess County on Aug. 29 through Aug. 31. The annual Hudson Valley Hot-Air Balloon Festival at Tymor Park brought out droves ...

Jesus Lato Garzon, 33, from Watford was among 16 passengers and a pilot who boarded the Virgin Balloon Flight from ...

The skies turned “Bluey” on Saturday as Macy’s tested their newest balloons for the upcoming Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Bluey balloon, from the popular Disney Junior cartoon about a 6-year-old ...

A man who died after falling from a hot air balloon took his own life, an inquest has concluded. Jesus Lato Garzon, from ...