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

A cutdown in high-altitude balloon (HAB) parlance refers to detaching ... The most common way is the “hot wire” method: a segment of wire is heated rapidly with a high current, causing it ...

Within hours of the news, forecasters at news outlets throughout the country decried the decision, saying that it would ...

Just days before Secretariat began his Triple Crown run at Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby Festival organizers hosted the first annual Great Balloon Race.

In the video I use : 20 gauge ( wire diameter 0.8mm ) : 28cm ( 13 inch) 21 gauge ( wire diameter 0.7mm ) : 4 x 2cm( 0,8 inch), 2 x 3cm( 1,2 inch) 24 gauge ( wire diameter 0.5mm ) : 2 x 30cm( 12 ...