Hot air balloon expert Russ Jurg says the suspected Chinese spy balloon was a helium or hydrogen balloon.

Hot air balloons offer breathtaking sights and a sense of adventure. However, pilots can't just land them anywhere, and ...

In the 1790s, the first-ever aerostiers brigade, the French Air Force’s hot air balloon corps, did its earliest hydrogen experiments in the Tuileries next to the Louvre.

Space Perspective recently reached a significant milestone by testing its prototype, Spaceship Neptune, which is based on an innovative concept: a space balloon. This stratospheric hydrogen-filled ...

A hot air balloon caught fire in Brazil on June 21, causing some passengers to jump to the ground. At least eight of the 21 ...

The 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony concluded with a one-of-a-kind lighting ceremony: a hot-air balloon as the Olympic cauldron. The cauldron was lit following a relay involving French ...

A hot-air balloon has caught fire and tumbled from the sky in Brazil’s southern state of Santa Catarina, killing eight people ...

Hot-air balloon in Brazil catches fire and falls from the sky, killing 8 and injuring 13 Proposal on illegal hot air balloon ride ends in tragedy after crash left one dead and multiple injured ...

Gas balloons differ from hot air balloons in that they are sealed and do not use propane burners to heat the air that fills and lifts them. They are usually used for unmanned research flights ...

The average hot air balloon is about 70,000 to 100,000 cubic feet. A balloon of 500,000 cubic feet is equivalent to about more than half of the water required to fill an Olympic pool.