Diagram of the balloon and gondola that carried the Swiss-Belgian physicist Auguste Piccard (1884-1953) and his assistant Paul Kipfer to a record altitude of 15.781 metres on 27th May 1931. This made them the first people to enter the stratosphere. The balloon and pressurised gondola were designed by Piccard. In order to reach the stratosphere Piccard had designed the gondola to be airtight, with pressurised air inside, and used a very large balloon that didn't require to be fully inflated for take-off. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Van Ravenswaay, Detlev |
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