Earlier this year, a team of Spanish students launched a balloon into space for €1000. Now a team from MIT has accomplished a similar feat for $150 On 2 September, MIT students Oliver Yeh ...

The Committee for Reform and Opening up of Joson/REUTERS This year, some balloons are carrying speakers attached to small parachutes that blare pre-recorded messages critical of North Korean ...

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China denied that the balloon was for spying, but Washington did not buy that line, and the dispute soured relations for many months. Image A surveillance balloon was shot down off the coast of ...

Normally, this allows the balloon to float away, and the scientific equipment to parachute back to the ground, where it can be recovered. Sponsor Message Instead, the device cut the balloon loose ...

with one message declaring: “North Korea can survive only if the Workers’ Party is abolished.” The balloons are sometimes fitted with an automated flyer-dispensing device. They can carry ...