NASA’s giant super pressure balloon, carrying the HIWIND experiment, is racing across the Pacific after launching from New ...

It offers greater stability at float altitude with minimum altitude fluctuations during the day-to-night cycle compared to a zero pressure balloon. This capability will enable future missions to ...

The first super pressure balloon flight of NASA's New Zealand Balloon Campaign reached its float altitude after lifting off from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand, at 10:44 a.m. NZST, Thursday ...