NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program is back in Antarctica, launching two exciting balloon missions that aim to uncover some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. The missions kicked off in early December ...

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program's fifth balloon mission of the 2024 fall campaign took flight Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, from the agency's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New ...

(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 ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – On Sunday, people from eastern to western New Mexico, and even Arizona, were staring up into the sky, wondering about a mysterious floating dot. Well, it was a scientific balloon ...

For over five decades the elements of NASA’s suborbital program—airborne, balloon, and sounding rockets—have provided vital technical support for NASA’s scientific mission success. These elements have ...