Lighter-than- air balloons can provide the lift required to carry people, and in 1783 the Mongolfier brothers flew a hot air balloon that was filled with lower density heated air prior to being ...

Friends Friedi Kuehne and Lukas Irmler have a death-defying hobby. They like to walk on rope between hot air balloons in the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Hot-air balloons have been around for centuries. They're certified aircraft for those looking to take the slow and scenic route, but owning one can set you back ...

Imagine you're at a hot air balloon event. The balloonists are busy preparing for flight. They spread out the enormous balloons on the grass and check all the lines. The talk is all about today's ...

Nothing quite compares to witnessing a mass ascension at dawn, when hundreds of colorful hot air balloons lift off the ground and fill the sky above. But the fun of hot air balloon festivals doesn ...

Friedi Kuehne and Lukas Irmler, two German slackline athletes, set a new world record by walking a slackline stretched ...

In 1783, hot air balloons became the first viable option for people to explore the world from the sky. In the years since then, balloon flight technology has evolved from cloth balloons and open ...

Before the invention of modern weather balloons in the 1930s, scientists flew kites—and later, hot air balloons—equipped with thermometers to get such measurements. Today, there are about ...

A hot air balloon in Albuquereque, New Mexico, plummeted to the ground after it struck a radio tower during a popular festival, briefly catching fire. Kevin Carhart, a spokesperson for the ...

But [Becky] shows how to make a hot air balloon using nothing but tape and garbage bags. The idea is quite simple. You form a large envelope from black trash bags and fill it with air. Becky does ...

A series of dangerous mishaps happened during the popular hot air balloon festival in New Mexico this year. One included the collapse of a radio tower after one of the hot air balloons collided ...

Friends Friedi Kuehne and Lukas Irmler have a death-defying hobby. They like to walk on rope between hot air balloons in the ...