As Jim Gottschalk readied his final approach shot of the day at Greystone Golf Course in White Hall, Maryland, he looked up to find something unexpected falling onto the 18th fairway—not an errant ...

Teresa O'Connor, a Rhode Island resident, creates art installations using mylar balloons collected from beaches to raise awareness about pollution. Her work has been featured in exhibits and ...

A 22-year-old New Jersey man created amazing balloon art to thank his community. One artist has found a personal way to thank essential workers during the COVID 19 crisis. Eddie Lin, a 22-year-old ...

Project Stargazer (1962) was a pioneering high-altitude balloon mission, reaching 82,000 feet, carrying two men for 18.5 hours to conduct astronomical observations, though only one of four planned ...

UC Berkeley students are challenging the notion that balloons are just for parties — on March 4, Space Technologies at Cal, or STAC, successfully launched a high-altitude balloon, or HAB, 101,000 feet ...

Sarah Cole, a balloon artist in Stark County, organized a project to deliver balloon arrangements to more then 1,000 seniors for Valentine's Day. The Blessing Balloon Project was funded by donations ...

The reasons to plunge into an unknown farmer’s cornfield in central Illinois in the middle of the night are not innumerable. 1. You really want some corn, and you’ve heard it’s better toward the ...

In the desert a few miles northwest of Las Vegas, everything pretty much looks the same. Cactuses spring up in between mounds of dirt. The mountains reign to the West. On a Saturday morning in April, ...

All images courtesy of Two Kids and a Coupon Hot air ballooning is a unique and unforgettable experience. It's a chance to ...