December 31 means people around the state will be partying and welcoming in 2026. But parents and kids had a chance to gather ...

New Year’s eve day balloon drops were sold out at the Chabot Space and Science Center and Hiller Aviation Museum on Wednesday ...

NASA's first scientific balloon flight of the 2025 Antarctica Balloon Campaign lifted off from the agency's Antarctic ...

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 ...

Directionally, you never know where a balloon is going to go because the wind controls it. A balloon operator can send a balloon higher or lower, but not steer it in specific directions. So before ...

WEBVTT MATT: THIS IS THE 5TH YEAR THENEBRASKA SCIENCE FEST AND OMAHAPUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTINUE THEIRPROJECT OF BALLOON LAUNCHES ATAREA SCHOOLS.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, STUDENTSLOOK FORWARD TO THIS ...

The Nebraska Science Festival is taking place all week.The focus Tuesday is on weather balloons.Weather balloons are a critical element in forecasting day-to-day weather, and meteorologists who are ...

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 ...

A balloon soars through Colorado skies during Thursday's drama. Anyone familiar with the physics of lighter-than-air lift would probably have suspected that 6-year-old Falcon Heene was not inside the ...

SAN ANTONIO – Hello parents, teachers and students! Are you looking for something fun to do at home that has a little bit of science behind it? Well, check out this awesome at-home experiment from ...

BACK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF SCIENCE WITH SWAIM. >> WELCOME TO SCIENCE WITH SWAIM. WILL HE BE MAKING -- WE WILL BE MAKING A SELF INFLATABLE BALLOON. WE NEED VINEGAR, AN EMPTY BOTTLE, BAKING SODA, A ...

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