A high-altitude scientific balloon operated by NASA’s Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, carrying the EXCITE instrument ...

Neighbors in North Texas were happy to see the NASA logo after a large and mysterious object came down in their small farm town.

NASA’s Balloon Program Office successfully completed the second test flight of its Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) at 3:54 p.m. EDT, Saturday, July 2, setting a new flight duration record for a ...

(KWTX) - When you think of NASA research you likely think of rockets & satellites, but for over 30 years NASA has been performing high-altitude scientific research with balloons. In this week’s ...

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is scheduled to conduct two super pressure balloon (SPB) launches from Wānaka, New Zealand, to further test and qualify the technology, which can offer cost savings ...

A massive NASA research object landed unexpectedly on a Texas farm. Ann Walter of Edmonson, Texas, witnessed the large ...

A super pressure balloon with the HIWIND payload is inflated prior to launch during NASA’s 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign in Wānaka, New Zealand. Credit: NASA/Bill Rodman A super ...

An informal motto at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility: "Real scientists do it on balloons." (Samuel Shaw/Longview News-Journal Photo) In Palestine, mammoth balloons are assembled at a NASA ...

LANDER (AP) - A NASA balloon expert who won the agency's Distinguished Service Medal last year spends much of his time at his home in Red Canyon south of Lander. Steven Peterzen's family roots are ...

EXCITE (EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) hangs from a ceiling at the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility’s location in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The mission team practiced taking observations ...