When Tucson-based World View Enterprises began flying high-altitude balloons in 2013, much of the buzz was around the company’s plans to take tourists on breathtaking trips to the stratosphere. But ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commercial hot air balloons like the one destroyed in a fireball in Texas this weekend often carry more passengers than airplane and helicopter tours, but have long received less ...

Commercial interests also send balloons up — such as Google’s effort to provide internet service via giant balloons. And $12 gets hobby balloonists — who use balloons for ham radio or just for the ...