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1st balloon flight into the stratosphere in 1938...
1st balloon flight into the stratosphere in 1938...
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May 28, 1931
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 28, 1931
* 1st ballooning flight into the stratosphere
* Unknown but success on this day
* Auguste Piccard & Paul Kipfer
The front page has a great banner headline: "REPORT BALLOON IS WRECKED" with subheads. (see) Nice for display. Two related photos on the back page. This report would be false as the very 1st balloon flight to reach the stratosphere would be reported on this day.
Complete with all 40 pages, this is the "rag edition" printed on very high quality newsprint meant for institutional holdings. In great condition as such, a few small binding holes at the blank spine.
wikipedia notes: In 1930, an interest in ballooning, and a curiosity about the upper atmosphere led him to design a spherical, pressurized aluminum gondola that would allow ascent to great altitude without requiring a pressure suit. Supported by the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS) Piccard constructed his gondola.
On May 27, 1931, Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer took off from Augsburg, Germany, and reached a record altitude of 15,785 m (51,775 ft). During this flight, Piccard was able to gather substantial data on the upper atmosphere, as well as measure cosmic rays.
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