Stratospheric balloon being inflated. . Reproduced by permission. The invention...

The invention of the weather balloon inaugurated the age of remote sensing, the ability to collect information from unmanned sources. The first observation balloon was launched immediately before the first manned balloon flight by Frenchmen...

A weather or sounding balloon is a balloon (specifically a type of high altitude balloon) which carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity by means of a small, expendable measuring device called...

It's a foggy morning. I watch as Lee Foster and his assistant, Sonia Mark Flechtner, launch a weather balloon. Lee is a meteorologist. This means that he studies the weather and makes predictions about it. He and Sonia work at the National Weather...

CHARLES ARTHUR Science Correspondent After weeks of postponements, Richard Branson has finally decided to put off his record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a balloon, at least until October. As predicted in the Independent last Saturday, unseasonal weather has...

In hopes of better predicting Arizona's mysterious monsoon storms, a team of 20 university and government researchers has identified two factors that commonly cause the events.Scientists identified the two factors nearly a year after using planes, weather balloons and on-the-ground weather stations to track the...

Those world-famous space tourists who supposedly stopped in Roswell will represent New Mexico in the state's next Rose Parade float, the Tourism Department said.The float is dubbed "Passport to Our World & Beyond" and features three bigheaded green space aliens riding in open-air UFO. There...