It's #May and #StratoCat remarks important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred that month

- Record flight with the FNRS-1 by #Piccard and #Kipfer
- 6 killed in Oregon by a Japanese Fu-Go balloon
- Pilot suffers explosive decompression during jump attempt
- 1st nonstop transcontinental balloon crossing of N.America
- New high altitude record by a Japanese balloon
- 1st image of the Crab Nebula by a #Compton #telescope

...and much more

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