The Philadelphia Historic District kicks off its lineup of “52 Weeks of Firsts,” a variety of marvels, inventions and events ...

NASA’s Balloon Program Office successfully completed the second test flight of its Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) at 3:54 p.m. EDT, Saturday, July 2, setting a new flight duration record for a ...

Keisuke Iwaya, left, CEO of a Japanese space development company, Iwaya Giken, and Takayuki Hanasaka, JTB Senior Managing Executive Officer, pose for a photo after unveiling a two-seater cabin and a ...

It was a cold January morning in colonial Philadelphia. The year was 1793 and Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Adams, and George Washington were among dozens of spectators gathered in the Walnut ...

PHILADELPHIA (WHTM) — By 1793 Jean Pierre François Blanchard was a major pioneer in the barely 10-year-old technology of lighter-than-air flight. He made his first ascent in a balloon he built himself ...

We're now one step closer to seeing tourists making balloon flights to the edge of outer space. Just last week, Florida company Space Perspective sent a balloon-lifted test capsule to the outer limits ...

JACKSON TWP. − Hot air balloons dotted the skies of Stark County as the annual Balloon Classic lifted off Friday morning. The event, located at the Kent State University at Stark campus, 6000 Frank ...

Hudson Hot Air Affair, the premier winter ballooning event and winter festival in the Midwest, is an annual event. This years ...

On Tuesday, people in Southcentral Alaska may have noticed an unusual sight in the sky: a large white and silver balloon, carrying an unidentified payload. It wasn’t a repeat of 2023, when an unmanned ...

Cloudy skies put a damper on the plans for the 2022 Frederick in Flight festival over the weekend. More than 20 hot air balloons were set to take flight in this years’ festival; however, flying ...

A hot air balloon pilot in Vermont safely made an emergency landing on a highway median Wednesday night after stalling in midair. The hot air balloon landed on Interstate 91 in the White River ...