Indianapolis - Like much of the nation who tuned in to see a six-year-old child supposedly trapped inside a home-made helium balloon, Mark Westra was glued to his television. "None of us have ever ...
FILE - A National Weather Service weather balloon sits ready for launch in the Upper Air Inflation Building at the National Weather Service, April 27, 2006, in Sterling, Va. (AP Photo/Chris Greenberg, ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is eliminating or reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations, which meteorologists and former agency ...