If you want a glimpse of the near-future, go get a box of Cheerios. Open the box and pull out the bag of cereal. Feel the texture of the bag. Note how hard it is to rip apart. A cereal bag is the ...

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 ...

The company that looks to send tourists up on a space balloon from Brevard County from the old Kennedy Space Center shuttle landing facility also has chosen to build a campus and manufacturing complex ...

Imagine watching dawn break from 100,000 feet above ground level, with the brilliant sun peeking above Earth's blue atmosphere into a deep-black starry sky with "incredible colors playing across the ...

Google is succeeding in keeping high-altitude balloons aloft in the stratosphere for more than three months at a time — a key goal in its ambitious Project Loon program to deliver Internet from the ...