Air Force Space Command to test near-space balloon Jan. 25

FREE FLOATING: Air Force Space Command plans to test a prototype near-space communications balloon in Phoenix on Jan. 25. A modified weather balloon from Space Data Corporation of Chandler, Ariz., will float at 80,000 feet altitude while relaying communications between ground personnel and A-10 and...

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