balloons
Coverage of balloons in the Nexus archive.
- Mourners pay tribute to British illegal immigrant shot dead in US: Friends and family in London let off flares and balloons in memory of 'member of Irish traveller conman gang'
Mourners in London paid tribute to a British illegal immigrant shot dead in the US by releasing flares and balloons. The deceased was described as a member of an Irish traveller conman gang.
- August's solar eclipse inspires science involving jets, balloons and Einstein’s general theory of relativity
August's solar eclipse provides scientists with a rare chance to collect data on solar physics and upper atmospheric air pressure using methods like jets and balloons. The event also inspires research related to Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
- The Students in This Caltech Class are Building Payloads for the Space Station
Caltech students in Andy Klesh’s Practical Electronics for Space Applications course are building payloads for the space station. Traditionally, the course used balloons to test payloads at near-space altitudes. This year, the project has expanded beyond balloon tests to include space station deployment.
- CoCom regulations and GPS receivers for balloons and cubesats
The article discusses the current status of CoCom regulations and their impact on GPS receivers used in balloons and cubesats. It references a Stack Exchange question and a Hacker News comment thread with no user comments.
- Two men who filmed themselves speeding at 139mph in a 30mph zone while inhaling from balloons before crashing into car and killing the driver are jailed for total of 23 years
Two men were jailed for a total of 23 years after filming themselves speeding at 139mph in a 30mph zone while inhaling from balloons, which led to a crash that killed the driver.