The invention of the balloon struck the men and women of the late 18th century like a thunderbolt. Enormous crowds gathered in Paris to watch one balloon after another rise above the city rooftops, ...

PITTSBURGH, March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be an easier way to make balloon arches for parties and special events," said an inventor, from Leighton, Ala., "so I invented THE ...

Using spare parts and ingenuity, they assembled a capsule that attached to a newly-invented balloon they hoped would carry a man to heights over 100,000 feet above the Earth's surface.