Helium was non-flammable and thus a safer ... In 1956, Winzen Research created the balloons for the U.S. Air Force's new balloon flight program, Project Manhigh. Kittinger's 1960 jump.

NASA's Scientific Balloon Program has returned to Wānaka, New Zealand, for two scheduled flights to test and qualify the ...

Cracker question because helium balloons are actually a pretty controversial topic. Some people argue that they are harmful to the environment because on returning to Earth, animals mistake them ...

Students at Rochester's John James Audubon School #33 went to new heights Monday, experiencing the wonder and science of a ...

It has since been revealed that it was actually a gas balloon, which can be filled with either hydrogen or helium, that had travelled from Bavaria in Germany over Europe and across the North Sea. The ...

People in Suffolk were left bewildered when they saw what looked to be a huge hot air balloon last night over Sudbury and Hadleigh - but what was it?