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

Topline A mysterious high-altitude balloon that U.S. officials were tracking over the Rocky Mountains on Friday was a “likely hobby balloon” that is no longer in U.S. airspace, the North ...

The balloon was spotted over Utah and was heading east. NORAD first announced the high altitude balloon on Friday, noting that it was observed at between roughly 43,000 and 45,000 feet.

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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 ...

The U.S. military is tracking a high-altitude balloon over the Western United States, two U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News Friday.

U.S. Tracks New High-Altitude Balloon, One Year After Chinese Spy Balloon: Here’s What To Know By Brian Bushard, Former Staff. Brian is a Boston-based Forbes breaking news reporter.

The US government is tracking a high-altitude balloon of unknown origin — and officials insist that it is not a security threat. The balloon, flying at an altitude between 43,000 and 45,000 feet ...

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 High Altitude Balloon Experiments in Technology (HABET) course at Iowa State University conducts a handful of these balloon launches each semester. The balloons allow them to gather data at the ...

Wildfire ‘It makes everybody more effective’: High-altitude balloons help in the fight against wildfires One of the balloons recently launched from Baker City to monitor wildfires in Idaho.