Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones landed near Cairo after becoming the first people to circle the globe by balloon.

We’ve reported on “space” balloons before. Heck, some of us have even launched a few. Usually they go way up in the air, take some cool pictures, and land within driving (and retrieving ...

Knowing temperatures aloft is crucial for understanding the instability of an air mass, whether it’s for forecasting snowstorms or severe thunderstorms. In fact, on days with an increased risk of ...

Until now, there have been only two round-the-globe balloon flights. The first was in 1999, when Bertrand Piccard of Switzerland and Brian Jones of the UK covered a distance of 40,000 kilometers ...

Weather balloons are the best platform for collecting weather data and is utilized in predicting changes in atmospheric ...