On May 27, 1931, Auguste Piccard (1884-1963) and Paul Kipfer became the first men to safely ascend into the stratosphere, riding in a pressurized gondola borne beneath a balloon designed by Piccard. This ascent was the first of many, and unmanned...

Auguste Piccard Born January 28, 1884, Basel, Switzerland Died March 24, 1962, Lausanne, Switzerland Jacques Piccard Born July 28, 1922, Brussels, Belgium Auguste Piccard was born into a prominent academic family in the Swiss city of Basel. He had a...

1884-1962 Swiss Physicist, Inventor, and Explorer Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor, and explorer who is famous for being the first, with a partner, to reach the stratosphere in a balloon of his own design. He also invented the...

(born Jan. 28, 1884, Basel, Switz.—died March 24, 1962, Lausanne) Swiss-born Belgian physicist and balloon and undersea explorer. He studied and taught physics in Zürich and later at the University of Brussels (1922–54). In 1930 he...

Swiss scientist and stratospheric explorer who with Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) was the first to fly in the stratosphere, using the pressurized balloon gondola invented by Piccard (1931) and reaching a record altitude—since surpassed—of...

Auguste Antoine Piccard (January 28, 1884 – March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. Piccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland. Showing an intense interest in science as a child, he attended the...