On this day in 1785, a hydrogen-filled balloon was floating across the English Channel when it began to sink. In desperation, ...

Aviation pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard not only crossed the English Channel flying for the first time, but also pioneered ...

An explosion occurred in a shopping mall in the Chinese city of Xinyang on New Year's Eve. Dozens of balloons went up in ...

A balloon filled with hydrogen gas also releases heat when lit on fire. Due to differences in energy density, the crystallization of sodium acetate releases more heat per mole than the hydrogen gas ...

De Rozier's experimental system consists of a hydrogen balloon and a hot air balloon tied together. Tragically, the craft explodes half an hour after takeoff. This double balloon helium/hot air ...

Explorer II, a helium balloon, reached 22,066 meters with two Army Air Corps Captains aboard. It’s predecessor, Explorer I, was a hydrogen balloon, and despite reaching 18,475 meters ...

A balloon filled with helium and one filled with hydrogen are ignited. Hydrogen provides a loud explosion and flame. He(g) + O 2 (g) → N.R. Light the candle on the end of the yardstick and lower the ...

Lifting the contraption required 3 million cubic feet of hydrogen, an extremely flammable gas. The flight ended in disaster when the balloon ripped, plummeted towards earth, and burst into flames ...

Ultimately enough hydrogen gas was collected to fill a lot of party balloons, and with the provided information in the video it should be quite straightforward to reproduce the system. Where the ...

A replica of the balloon was inflated on Monday at Berkeley Castle The county's first hydrogen balloon flight has been recreated by aviation enthusiasts on its 240th anniversary. Father of ...

If successful, the four-to-five-day journey will be the first Atlantic crossing in a hydrogen balloon and may complete the longest distance ever covered in this type of balloon. Torabhaig Single ...

Why not fly in a hydrogen balloon to become the first to discover the North Pole, then as mysterious and unknown as Mars? For years explorers had attempted to reach the Pole overland; many died ...