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Facts

Born January 28, 1884 • Basel • Switzerland
Died January 28, 1963 (aged 79) • Minneapolis • Minnesota
Notable Family Members brother Auguste Piccard
Subjects Of Study cosmic ray • stratosphere • balloon

Photos

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Auguste Piccard, 1961
Auguste Piccard
Swiss-Belgian physicist
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
American engineer
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Ben L. Abruzzo
American balloonist
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Maxie Anderson
American balloonist
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Albert W. Stevens
American aerial photographer
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Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Russian scientist
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre-François
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
French balloonist
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
Charles Green, detail of an engraving by Hilaire Le Dru, 1835
Charles Green
British balloonist
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Nicolas-Louis Robert
French inventor
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Orville Wright
American aviator
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Wilbur Wright
American aviator
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Wright brothers
American aviators
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Jack Parsons
Jack Parsons
American rocket scientist and chemist
Richard E. Byrd stands on a ship deck in heavy fur clothing and a leather cap, holding a sundial compass during an Antarctic expedition.
Richard E. Byrd
American explorer
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun
German engineer

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