He figured that a payload dropped from 100,000 feet should be able to glide its way back to some predefined coordinates. Here you can see one of the tests, where the payload is guiding its descent ...

The balloon itself was 200 feet tall with a payload that weighed at least a couple thousand pounds. This is vastly different from any type of balloon that would be used for meteorological purposes ...

Area 4-Hers partnered with the meteorology department of Valparaiso University to launch a weather balloon in the name of ...

Meteorologists commonly use latex weather balloons a couple of times every day to gather upper air conditions. But the balloons burst about 90 minutes after launch about 60,000 to 105,000 feet ...

Weather balloons launching from the 45th Weather Squadron at Patrick Air Force Base help gather data. ... the balloon is the vehicle and the payload is a unique-looking bundle of sensors.

Launching Feb. 23 at 12 p.m. ET, Pegasus II, an experimental high altitude balloon, is carrying a payload of sensors and instruments 20 miles into the atmosphere.

The balloon was carrying a large surveillance payload and had changed course during its trek through U.S. and Canadian airspace, he said, calling the vessel “maneuverable.” ...

Weather to Launch: How weather impacts ... Once on base, we were taken to the weather balloon shop to see the morning balloon release around 7:20 AM. ... the rocket delivers its payload.

San Diego Jewish Academy recently announced the successful launch of a high-altitude weather balloon by its physics students, which traveled roughly 60 miles northeast, was in the air for two ...

Toledo students launch weather balloon for project on urban heat islands. ... UToledo will then construct and modify a space-ready payload for a ThinSat satellite to be launched into orbit, ...