A chance to see or even ride hot air balloons is coming up in Galena. On Friday June 20 through Sunday June 22, the Great Galena Ballon Race will be at Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa (444 Eagle Ridge Dr., ...

Did a superpower showdown provoke the U.S. into using a fighter jet to shoot down a hobbyist group's research balloon in Canada? That's the question the public — and the FBI — wants to answer, after ...

The metal and canvas contraptions block the wind, clamp the balloons into place, and provide a perch for the antenna payload, which prevents it from swinging as the balloons take off. By using the ...

US intelligence officials believe that the recently recovered Chinese spy balloon is part of an extensive surveillance program run by the Chinese military, according to multiple American officials ...

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.

It wasn't long after the first untethered balloon flight in 1783 that the aircraft were used for military observation purposes. The French Aerostatic Corps first used balloons for reconnaissance in ...

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