NASA concluded a balloon mission in which a super-pressure balloon circumnavigated the Earth over the southern hemisphere in just a few days. This is an important step in testing this technology.

NASA's massive super-pressure balloon has completed a 16-day trip around the Southern Hemisphere — a milestone in high-altitude flight and atmospheric research.

NASA has a fun guide to its scientific balloons that explains the zero-pressure and super-pressure balloons it uses for missions like this. GUSTO will look for signals of carbon, oxygen ...

A cosmic mission in Antarctica led by U of A astronomer Christopher Walker just set a new NASA record for the longest scientific balloon flight. The team launched its massive helium balloon on Dec ...

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“The annual Antarctic long-duration balloon campaign is the program’s flagship event for long-duration missions,” said Andrew Hamilton, acting chief of NASA’s Balloon Program Office.

The team preparing the prototype aerial robotic balloon for a test flight above the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Photo: NASA NASA wants ... for this upcoming mission to the solar system’s ...

Three of these piggyback missions are technology demonstrations led by the balloon program team at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Their common goal is to enhance the capabilities of ...

The mission ended Sunday (May 4), well ahead of its 100-day schedule, after teams detected a small leak that began affecting the balloon's altitude, according to another NASA statement.

After all, it’s the only one we have,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “This mission shows that NASA ... like a jet of air streaming out of a balloon sends the balloon in the opposite ...

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