There were a lot of reasons to expect the subjects’ performance to suffer as a result of their time in space. Among the ...

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica's icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration ...

NASA begins its Antarctic balloon campaign, launching two large balloons Key missions include the GAPS experiment to detect ...

NASA will resume its annual long-duration balloon operation in Antarctica by launching two flights in mid-December for planned nine missions to near space. The Antarctic campaign’s balloon ...

Wendy Whitman Cobb is Professor of Strategy and Security Studies at the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). Leaders of NASA sit in an awkward position. While they are the head of a ...

Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries.

NASA/Scott Battaion NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Antarctica's icy expanse to kick off the annual Antarctic Long-Duration Balloon Campaign, where two balloon flights will carry a ...

For those who may be given pause by the idea of a SpaceBalloon, it is proven technology. In fact, the same type of balloon technology has flown to space more than 1,000 times by NASA. Now for perhaps ...