With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight ...

Observations from soundings are important inputs for assessing turbulence that may impact air travel, marine weather, fire ...

The year: 1861. The problem: Pro-slavery states had broken away from the Union, rising up in armed revolt as the treasonous ...

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Spirit, the school mascot, poses with a disappointed but smiling Morgan Lashley-Haynes who holds the deflated dud, Balloon #1. The launch begins. After filling balloon #1 with helium, Jansen ...

Now as he continues to explore the medium and expand his creative curiosity, early ventures into creating wall art and sculptures from deflated balloons is literally taking off.

The vast, helium-filled balloon which gives its famous curves and takes it airborne has been deflated, but we were able to step inside the cabin, where champagne flutes dangled from the ceiling and ...