Since the payload already carries altitude and position ... of waiting for the target height before separating from the weather balloon, then using the servos to navigate to the landing zone.

However, Phil Wocken with World View said weather balloons pop at ... and it’s “carrying a payload for NASA.” According to ...

Often, we look up into the sky and see rockets. These rockets are launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base, which ...

Flight 2 had a similar payload but managed to blow through the 100K foot altitude, capturing stunning video of the weather balloon breaking. Their most recent flight carried a more complex ...

When a Mangilao resident woke up the morning of Jan. 25 and discovered an unusual orange parachute-like object with various ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Students and staff in the Atmospheric Sciences Department at Texas A&M launched a weather balloon Wednesday afternoon, giving us a glimpse at what the weather is doing not only ...

Once on base, we were taken to the weather balloon shop to witness the morning ... Once in space, the rocket delivers its payload—in this case, more than 130 different satellites.