High above Antarctica, two giant NASA balloons are being readied to drift along the edge of space, turning the polar sky into a laboratory for some of the hardest questions in physics. Instead of ...
Before a space telescope ever reaches orbit, and long after satellites are up there, NASA has another way to do frontier science: high-altitude scientific balloons. These balloons can loft instruments ...
A super pressure balloon with the HIWIND payload is inflated prior to launch during NASA’s 2025 New Zealand Super Pressure Balloon Campaign in Wānaka, New Zealand. Credit: NASA/Bill Rodman A super ...