Weather balloon operations will stop or be reduced at 11 locations across the country due to staffing shortages caused by recent NOAA layoffs.
Military officials intercepted the balloon over Utah and said it was not a threat to national security.
The GUSTO experiment will map a large area of the Milky Way where new stars are born.
An investigation into the Chinese spy balloon shot down in February has reportedly discovered that American technology was used to collect images and data.
The balloon was first spotted last week over Hawaii. U.S. Officials are now reportedly watching as it heads toward Mexico.
U.S. officials say Beijing obtained U.S. military intelligence from its spy balloon that was shot down in early February.
A pair of legislators proposed a bill to mandate tracking devices on all high-altitude balloons both in U.S. airspace and abroad.
The city council of Laguna Beach voted Tuesday to ban the sale and use of all types of balloon.
A Japanese startup is trying to make space more accessible but its design for a stratospheric balloon flight looks more like an amusement park ride.
Despite initial doubts, the Department of Defense confirmed that the jaw-dropping photo with the giant balloon was indeed real.
Our country is in a full-blown political panic about China's not-a-spy-balloon, but we should just relax. After all, Americans spy by balloon all the time.
After a China-linked spy balloon gripped the nation, the President is responding to the most recent unknown flying objects shot down.
After an intelligence briefing on the recent spate of shot down unidentified objects, Senators expressed confusion and concern about a lack of information.
In another press briefing, Biden Administration officials once again addressed the large floating object(s) in the room.
The U.S. responds to China's accusations that more than 10 surveillance balloons were seen in its air space.
The White House noted the literal UFO was about 40,000 feet above Alaskan waters and claimed it posed a "reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight."
The State Department spokesperson said the balloon was capable of collecting communications and data via a satellite and had “multiple antennas.”
The "civilian airship," as China insisted on calling it, was shot down off the coast of South Carolina after crossing the U.S.
The country’s foreign ministry said the second balloon ended up flying over Colombia and Costa Rica by “mistake” and was used for flight tests.
The news comes after President Joe Biden said the country was “going to take care of it” early Saturday.
