Balloons were primarily used in WWI to collect reconnaissance. The memorial's balloon basket has storage for the observers’ drawing materials built into the basket’s side.

Video captures the moment a hot-air balloon hit a power line in Minnesota, causing the basket to detach with three passengers on board who "miraculously" survived relatively unscathed.

Hot air balloons might seem like magic, but there is a lot of physics at play behind their ascent.

HOW THEY’RE ASSEMBLED AND HOW THESE AIRCRAFT WORK. PILOTING HOT AIR BALLOON IS A TEAM SPORT USUALLY A CREW WHO LOVES THOSE EARLY MORNING AND SOME GOOD FLYING CONDITIONS. MOTHER NATURE MUST WORK ...

Three people survived a hot-air balloon crash in Rochester, Minnesota, on Wednesday Authorities said the balloon drifted into a power line along Highway 63, which was captured on video "The basket ...