Wildland firefighters could have a new tool in their arsenal as they battle increasingly extreme wildfires: high-altitude balloons. Aerostar, a South Dakota-based company, has flown nearly a dozen ...

Albuquerque Is Well Suited For Hot Air Ballooning The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta started in 1972 with just about a dozen balloons and 10,000 guests. The event grew exponentially, and the city is ...

The National Weather Service is down more than a dozen weather balloon launch sites since late March due to budget and staffing cuts, meaning less information f ...

They cut the material for the balloon into its major pieces, passing each piece through a rubberizing machine several dozen times to make it pliable and easy to manipulate. The pieces were then ...

Party City's teenage employees gave the stores a come-as-you-are vibe, with workers goofing around in Halloween outfits and cracking up about ill-prepared shoppers stuffing a dozen balloons into a ...

Executing the massive balloon drop took 75 volunteers, 30 staffers and a dozen union stagehands, convention organizers said. They began inflating the balloons the week before the convention.

But now, staffing shortages at nearly a dozen National Weather Service offices will mean fewer weather balloon launches. Last week, eight additional National Weather Service offices joined the ...

The total number of injured passengers has not been officially confirmed, though several were reportedly taken to the hospital.