France is leaning hard into near space, warning the area is increasingly contested, as evidenced by the Chinese spy ballon ...

With an ISR payload capacity of up to three kilogrammes, the test balloons can operate continuously for more than five days.

It was the biggest balloon anyone had ever built, with a volume of 3.7 million cubic feet, and weighing 6,500 pounds. When fully inflated, the balloon had a diameter of 192 feet.

The "small balloon" was allowed to continue to fly above the U.S. after being intercepted Friday morning at an altitude of 43,000 to 45,000 feet because it has been determined not to pose a ...

Learn what to expect on your ride to the edge of space aboard Space Perspective's Spaceship Neptune capsule. CEO Jane Poynter explains what the high-altitude balloon ride is like. Credit: Space.com | ...

Participants in the Global Space Balloon Challenge will be tasked with building a high-altitude balloon that can reach heights of up to 100,000 feet. Screen shot by CNET Geeks of the world unite!

Meteorologists launch high-altitude balloons from the United States dozens of times each day. What’s more, weather balloons are deployed twice a day, every day, at the same time from almost 900 ...

The U.S. has now shot down three intruders over Canada and Alaska. These ‘high altitude objects,’ were very much smaller than the balloon downed off South Carolina earlier this month.

The U.S. is tracking a high-altitude balloon on a path that’ll likely take it over the Sunflower State. CBS News reports from sources speaking on the condition of anonymity that the balloon was ...

A high-altitude balloon intercepted by fighters over the U.S. near Colorado was likely a hobby balloon, NORAD said; not a Chinese spy balloon.