Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These helium balloons can loft ...

London-based Acme Space has announced plans to test its unique balloon-rocket hybrid launch vehicle in the new year, ahead of commercial operations beginning in 2027. Its long-term plans see it ...

What do balloons have to do with rockets? Find out in this episode of ISS Science with Astronaut Randy Bresnik. Click here for lesson plans: airandspace.si.edu/iss ...

Nestled in the pristine, frozen wilderness of northern Sweden, 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle, lies a remarkable facility that has quietly become a cornerstone of global space research and ...

(via SciShow) From hypothetical magnetic levitation trains and space elevators that aren't even attached to the ground, to very real space cannons tested in the 1960s, humans have come up with a lot ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Stratospheric balloons are powerful tools used to study the Earth and its atmosphere, as well as the greater cosmos beyond. This book ...