The company also sends high-altitude balloons to test communications, thermal modeling, and navigation. Rocket changed his surname to match his passion, per 1News.

High Altitude balloons operate in the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere, it is a region where most fighter jets and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) cannot operate. From this vantage spot, they can ...

US Army plans high-altitude spy balloons to bust enemy stealth fighter jets The system operates at altitudes up to 15,000 feet 24 hours a day, utilizing a crew of five operators working 12-hour ...

A Florida-bound flight crew witnessed strange orbs glowing and darting around in the night sky while flying over the Bahamas at high altitude. NBC Miami “All of a sudden I heard traffic control ...

A Florida-bound flight crew witnessed strange orbs glowing and darting around in the night sky while flying over the Bahamas at high altitude, according to a report. A flight attendant with Surjet ...

The beauty of balloon-borne flight is you don't have to be in supreme physical health to do it. Passengers will feel like they are in an extremely high-altitude lounge looking down on the Earth.

The billionaire is investing in Space Perspective, the Space Coast-based space balloon venture, and will join its founders on the space tourism operation's first human test flight planned next year.

Abhi Doddi (PhDAeroEngr’21) is collecting scientific data outdoors in a 70 mph whiteout blizzard. It is just another day of life in Antarctica. Doddi, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of ...

Thirteen people were aboard the Kubicek BB 85 Z balloon when it took off in the morning from Eloy. Eight were skydivers who exited the gondola before the crash. The skydivers jumped out at around ...

News Ambulance crew administered drug to hot air balloon pilot after crash that killed Michigan man, 3 others Updated: Apr. 07, 2024, 11:08 p.m. | Published: Apr. 05, 2024, 11:00 a.m.

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 ...