The Balloon Boy became world famous in 2009 after his family said he was floating thousands of feet in the air in a homemade ...

Area 4-Hers partnered with the meteorology department of Valparaiso University to launch a weather balloon in the name of ...

France is leaning hard into near space, warning the area is increasingly contested, as evidenced by the Chinese spy ballon that flew over the US.

“When they see the balloon, it just looks like a little white dot in the sky, right?” said Russ Van Der Werff, Aerostar vice ...

The French Air Force, and the French DGA, successfully launched two MICA IR missiles targeting balloons at altitudes surpassing 20km.

French defense leaders expect the near-space domain to become increasingly contested, similar to low Earth orbit and the ...

LYON, France–After having demonstrated the ability to target high-altitude balloons using fighters, the French Air and Space Force will test the capacity at even higher altitudes, general ...

France has demonstrated the ability to target high-altitude balloons using fighters as the government pushes to prepare for operations in that domain.