A special exemption allowed a NASA-funded weather balloon to launch as planned Oct. 1, despite the ongoing government shutdown that began that day. But news about the balloon, and an exoplanet-hunting ...

Nearly half of Americans want to travel to space. But that means the other half doesn’t, according to a 2021 survey by ValuePenguin, one of LendingTree's financial research websites. Nearly 40% said ...

NASA's first scientific balloon flight of the 2025 Antarctica Balloon Campaign lifted off from the agency's Antarctic facility at 5:30 a.m. NZST Tuesday, Dec. 16 (11:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15 U.S.

A United Airlines flight from Denver to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Salt Lake City last week after an object hit its windshield at 36,000 feet. The impact cracked the glass ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado is no stranger to strange objects floating or flying across the sky (remember “Balloon Boy” from October 2009?), and many residents wanted answers for a strange balloon seen ...

A United Airlines flight was diverted last week after its windshield was cracked by an object. Now a weather balloon company says it’s “quite likely” their balloon did it. By Aimee Ortiz A weather ...

LONDON – London-headquartered ACME Space has unveiled plans to begin hardware tests of its balloon-launched orbital manufacturing vehicle Hyperion next year and hopes to commence commercial operations ...