A weather balloon carries a parachute and a radiosonde on a cord measuring about 30 m long. The parachute prevents the instruments from hurting anyone when the balloon pops and falls down.

Earlier this month, the agency had announced weather balloon cuts in Albany, New York and Gray, Maine, and in late February, it ended launches in Kotzebue, Alaska. That makes 11 announced sites ...

Move over, SpaceX. There’s a new kid in town. The Weather Network has gone on its first near-space mission, sending cameras well into the stratosphere attached to a high-altitude weather balloon ...

China isn't the only country to face questions about a curious balloon. Back in 1998, a 25-storey high runaway weather balloon proved to be an international headache for Canada.

They hoped the balloon would climb to 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above Earth, but were unsure whether they would be able to track the phone at that height. "We were extremely surprised," Chan said.

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FILE - A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the National Weather Service, April 27, 2006, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Chris ...