FNRS-1
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The FNRS-1 was a balloon, built by Auguste Piccard
, that set a world altitude record. It was named after the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, which funded the balloon.
Auguste Piccard
Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer.-Biography:Piccard and his twin brother Jean Felix were born in Basel, Switzerland...
, that set a world altitude record. It was named after the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, which funded the balloon.