Category Archives: Balloons

A 21st century renaissance in high altitude ballooning

Source: The Space Review & Space News – thespacereview.com By S. Alan Stern High altitude ballooning has begun to undergo a renaissance that is creating exciting new capabilities, therefore enabling a wide array of new applications of interest to researchers … Continue reading

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Sixteen people killed when hot air balloon bursts into flames and crashes in Texas

Source: The Sun – thesun.co.uk By James Cox and Yasmin Jeffrey Tragedy in Lockhart as balloon’s basket catches fire and plunges into field leaving no survivors

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Russian Adventurer Fedor Konyukhov Breaks World Hot Air Balloon Record, Lands Safely in Western Australia

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation – .abc.net.au Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov has broken the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the Earth in a hot air balloon in just over 11 days, landing safely in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt.

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Russian Adventurer Takes Off on Solo Round-the-World Hot-Air Balloon Quest

Source: The Guardian – theguardian.com Fedor Konyukhov, 65, launches from Australian outback with aim to set a new world record by circumnavigating the globe in under 13 days.

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Titanic NASA Balloon Reaches Milestone

Source: Science Magazine – sciencemag.org By Patrick Monahan The latest and largest pressurized balloon to be launched by NASA has set a record for endurance: the longest mid-latitude flight by a large scientific balloon.

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