The cause of the albatross’s misery was evident: it was caught in a weather balloon. The balloon’s string, still attached to a radio transmitter, had gouged into the bird’s flesh ...

[David] notes that using some pretty simple gear, he could track down weather balloons. The U.S. National Weather Service sends up a large number of radiosondes attached to balloons twice a day.

The National Weather Service started launching weather balloons in the 1930s (when it was formerly known as the Weather Bureau). The storm of interest is now over land, even though it's more than ...

Often, we look up into our skies and see rockets. The rockets are launched at Vandenberg Space Force Base. Just recently making history with more than 50 launches in a year. So, how does weather play ...

It will come from some of the numerous helium weather balloons set to be launched 100,000 feet into the moon's shadow from across the parts of 15 U.S. states visited by the path of totality.

Students will be launching a weather balloon 100,000 feet into the Earth’s atmosphere. During the project, each grade level will be doing its own observations about radiation, ozone layers and more.

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NASA developed and tested a 3D-printed antenna to demonstrate a low-cost capability to communicate science data to Earth. The antenna, tested in flight using an atmospheric weather balloon, could open ...

Jan. 22, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encore Sunday, Jan. 26 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Unidentified Flying Objects have long captivated the imagination of the public, but for decades most ...