So rule number one, don't let go of your balloons ... The other argument is that helium balloons are claimed to reach a height of anywhere up to ten kilometres before shattering into tiny little ...

Accompanied by mimes, clowns, and the comic strip character Ziggy, roughly 1.5 million balloons, each engorged with helium ... worthy attempt at the largest number of balloons ever released.

I mean, that was kind of my number one assumption, which was grossly incorrect, actually. On a side note, the balloon market worldwide is only about 10% of the overall end use for helium.

La Crescenta recently celebrated its very own space launch! The playground at Mountain Avenue Elementary School was the launch site.