The pilot of a hot air balloon is earning high marks for safely landing next to a busy Vermont highway after the aircraft stalled mid-flight on Wednesday night, according to officials and a report.

Hot air balloons are made up of three major components: the burner, the envelope and the basket. Here's how they help the balloons take flight.

The pilot of a hot air balloon that burned and crashed in Mexico City — killing a husband and wife and hospitalizing their 13-year-old daughter — has been arrested for fleeing the scene.

The very large hot air balloon will carry seven people up to 35,000 feet, and then five of then plan to jump out of it (wearing parachutes).

In Dawn McKenzie’s free time, she soars high above the ground in a hot air balloon, as she has since she got her FAA-issued ballooning license when she was 19.

A hot-air balloon carrying 21 people in Brazil caught fire Saturday morning and crashed, killing at least eight people, Santa Catarina’s military fire brigade said. The crash happened in Santa ...

A man fell to his death from a hot air balloon after it burst into flames during a Mexico festival on Sunday, May 11, according to authorities in Mexico.

A hot-air balloon carrying 21 people caught fire and fell from the sky in a region in southern Brazil popular with tourists. By Ana Ionova Reporting from Rio de Janeiro At least eight people were ...