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 ...

High above Antarctica, two giant NASA balloons are being readied to drift along the edge of space, turning the polar sky into a laboratory for some of the hardest questions in physics. Instead of ...

University of Chicago researchers have begun examining data collected by a device transported by a NASA balloon that flew over Antarctica for 23 days. The mission is known as Payload for Ultrahigh ...

A years-long student-led NASA project that develops technology to help guide rockets will near its final destination this month on board the Balloon Optimization Opportunity Platform!, or BOOP!

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Chicago researchers have begun examining data collected by a NASA balloon that flew over Antarctica for 23 days. The ...

Standing on your porch you look out at the land in front of you, after a brief glance up you see a floating device, suspended by a white and orange parachute. As it lands, you spot the NASA logo and ...