Watch a science experiment showing how balloons can float using methane and hydrogen instead of helium. See how hydrogen is ...

On a clear day in early fall, around sunrise, you might notice hot air balloons flying across the sky, but why do they navigate the skies so early in the day and how does weather play a role in their ...

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A creative DIY project showing how to build a handmade hot air balloon aerostat capable of lifting a small camera into the ...

👉 Watch the video of Sarah’s school science experiment at Sun Valley Elementary here! Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for fun way to explore meteorology with your elementary ...

Our next story takes us to the ice of Antarctica, where NASA scientists are launching gigantic balloons that will rise up way into the stratosphere, to near space. Some of these balloons are so big ...

The NASA-backed Nationwide Eclipse Ballooning Project puts students in charge of a bold scientific endeavor to study the April 8 total solar eclipse. On eclipse day, hundreds of students will send up ...

The Science Siblings popped by with an experiment fit for Liftiversary week involving balloons, candles, and oranges. Paige and Adam Jacobson suggest safety glasses too. “We will be working with ...

CUMBERLAND, Md. — It's a chilly March morning, and Mary Bowden is standing in the parking lot of a local community college. Bowden is a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland ...

Student volunteers prepare two balloons for a morning launch in Cumberland, Md., as part of a nationwide project to study the April 8 eclipse. (Meredith Rizzo for NPR) Student volunteers prepare a ...