But people flew much earlier than that by using hot air balloons as well as gas-filled ... project to test multi-stage parachutes made for high-altitude ejections. This was dangerous testing.

Wildland firefighters could have a new tool in their arsenal as they battle increasingly extreme wildfires: high-altitude ...

Even so, the arrival last month of a Chinese high-altitude balloon called for a measure of creativity, putting weapons to an unfamiliar test. On Jan. 28, a new and unexpected threat floated into U ...

United States Air Force Brigadier General Stephen ... "We waited until it [Chinese military high-altitude surveillance balloon] was safely over water [off South Carolina], which would not only ...

These modules will guide you through the skill-building activities of a balloon payload workshop. If you have any questions or run into problems as you build, email [email protected] In order to ...

A US Air Force F-22 fighter jet shot the balloon ... by a 21-year-old US National Guard airman revealed that a high-altitude balloon with surveillance capabilities could have used synthetic ...

There are several potential surveillance targets in the area where the balloon was spotted, including Malmstrom Air Force Base ... plans to deploy its own high-altitude balloons to, among other ...

The balloon, which is said to have landed in the neighbouring Busia County at around 1pm is said to have taken the villagers by shock. Speaking to The Standard minutes after the balloon landed ...

A tethered balloon, developed by the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was successfully deployed on Wednesday to assist in the construction of ...