The US Army is developing high-altitude spy balloons designed to track enemy stealth fighters beyond the reach of traditional ...

Another high-altitude balloon has been tracked flying over U.S. territory, reviving concerns about surveillance and national security. We’re revisiting what’s known so far.

Over the last several weeks, KHON2 received numerous calls and e-mails about a balloon flying high over Oahu and Molokai.

Learn what to expect on your ride to the edge of space aboard Space Perspective's Spaceship Neptune capsule. CEO Jane Poynter ...

Normally, you don’t think of these radios as having a lot of range, but if the transmitter is high, the range will ... nearly two minutes to send. The balloon system sends every 10 minutes ...

President Trump is staking everything on winning by imposing tariffs on China. But the fight threatens to choke off ...

The Trump administration’s draft budget plan for fiscal 2026 includes deep cuts to NASA’s science programs as part of an overall 20% reduction in the agency’s annual spending, leaked documents from ...

The White House’s Jan. 27 executive order calls for the U.S. to build a vast shield of capabilities from the ground into space to protect against ballistic, hypersonic and other advanced missile ...

Mooney's undergraduate and graduate research work revolves around electric propulsion: adding energy to gas to create a ...

“When you look at the failures that have occurred [in past manned high-altitude balloon missions], they all boiled down to the interface between the capsule and the person in the suit,” says ...

The HAPS Alliance today announced the release of its HAPS Reference Architecture Series: HAPS Advantages in an Era of Satellite Connectivity white paper. The paper is the ...

Launching balloons has grown more demanding over ... which weighed 4,800 pounds, made it up. "High-altitude winds blew it to the east, towards Texas," NASA manager Steve Smith recounts.