To do so, in April 2008, the 41-year-old attached himself to 1,000 brightly-coloured helium balloons and took off from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua in April 2008.

In 2009, a Colorado family falsely claimed their young son floated away in a homemade balloon. The boy later deflated the ...

A Brazilian priest's balloon-fuelled charity bid to raise money for truckers ended in disaster, costing him his life. Father Adelir Antonio de Carli took to the skies strapped to 1,000 helium ...

Most new laws in Georgia passed during the 2025 legislative session take effect today, July 1. But there isn't one related to ...

About 25 years ago, a rogue weather balloon wouldn't come down after over 1,000 rounds were fired at it. The balloon entered Icelandic air space and drifted north towards Norway. Balloons, like ...

Lorry driver Larry Walters, who became known as Lawnchair Larry, was spotted by airline pilots at 16,500 ft while sitting in a garden chair suspended from 42 helium balloons in July 1982.

Harrowing final plea of Florida man who vanished after 100ft sinkhole swallowed up his bedroom Harrowing last words of priest who tied himself to 1,000 helium balloons before meeting tragic end ...

It's probably just the National Eclipse Ballooning Project (NEBP) livestreaming and doing science above 99.5% of the atmosphere. During the morning on Saturday, Oct. 14 over 1,000 balloons will ...

A 1999 Springfield Business Journal article mentioned Party Magic owners Paul and Paula Moriuchi donating more than 1,000 helium balloons and several party decorations and supplies for Miss Teen ...

Space balloon start-up World View has signed up 1,000 customers for trips near the edge of space beginning in 2024.

A stray research balloon survived 1,000 rounds of ammunition from fighter jets on its travels back in 1998.