Todd Sonflieth / OPB It’s an icy fall morning at the Madras Airport. In the distance, Mount Jefferson is pink with dawn light. A crew led by Vic Rogers from Near Space Corporation has been working all ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The weather down here on Earth's surface can be dependent on what is going on way up high in our atmosphere. We take measurements miles up with the assistance of balloons. Weather ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – The sky will be filled with hot ...

A Chinese spy balloon spotted over American skies has people across the country turning to Google to find out more. The balloon was spotted over Montana, at which time Pentagon officials considered ...

Then, it's release time. The balloon, instrument package and even a parachute take off and ascend rapidly to the top of the atmosphere. It doesn't take very long: (Figure 3) "Normally about an hour ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — One Virginia Beach man got a surprise when he noticed something hanging from a tree in his backyard. Click here to subscribe to WAVY’s breaking news email alert That thing ...

Forecasting the future is no easy task as a meteorologist, but it starts with something as simple as the balloon. It goes up, measures all different levels of the atmosphere to get the first ...

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