Complete list of stratospheric balloon launches by year, ordered chronologically, with flight details, specific payload, images, etc.
Detailed information and launch logs for main balloon launch facilities including balloon bases, airports, and ships around the world.
Ordered chronologically, detailed accounts of many balloon missions containing description of the payloads, details of the flight, pictures, videos and links to external references.
The stories that shaped scientific ballooning. Events and happenings, many of them memorable and epic, some others funny, a few curious or strange and even some tragedies.
Brief overview of those individuals, organizations, programs and events that had contributed to some extent to the development of scientific ballooning.
Remembering every month important events and dates of scientific ballooning history
In this edition:
Contents:
Left: The best picture of the Chinese balloon, taken by Frank Melliere above Illinois
World Balloon News is a somewhat regular bulletin containing balloon-related news of what's going on in the field, some speculation (fancy term for "insider data" from sources I can’t reveal), historical images, and details about the new contents that week after week enrich this humble project.
Launched from | In flight since | Payload or experiment | Last known status |
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![]() | 8/15/2023 | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 653 | STILL IN FLIGHT --> SEE IN THE MAP |
![]() | 3/2/2023 | THUNDERHEAD FLIGHT 620 | The balloon completed 62 days aloft on May 3th, 2023 floating above the Atlantic Ocean near the Gulf of Guinea. Current status unknown |