It's #August and #StratoCat remarks important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred this month
. Remembering Cecil Powell, Jacques #Montgolfier and André-Jacques #Garnerin
. Project Hang Glide sets new record
. Kittinger jump for program #Excelsior
. 2nd flight of #MANHIGH project
. 1st. flight of a hydrogen balloon over Paris
. Double Eagle II successfully crosses the Atlantic
. First #balloon flight above Canada
...and much more
It's #July and #StratoCat remarks important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred on this month
- First #Explorer mission by National Geographic Society
- Wire carrying balloon destroys German power plant in WWII
- Third manned mission of #Stratolab High program
- Balloon launched from #Canada lands by accident in #Siberia
- Second jump of the Red Bull Stratos program
...and much more
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
Just updated on #StratoCat important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred in #April
- Victor #Hess discovers #cosmic rays
- Astronomical observations from 43.000 ft by Audouin #Dollfus
- First data gathering flight for BAMM-II program
- Soviet airborne laser system damage a stratospheric balloon over #Volsk
- First hot air #balloon flight across the English Channel
...and much more
Just updated on #StratoCat important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred in #February
- First balloon flight in Antarctica
- MOBY DICK project #balloon sets record
- 7 mice survive six days in balloon #gondola
- BAL-AST telescope observes #Venus
- Nick #Piantanida's 2nd free fall attempt
- #Challenger deploys balloon device in orbit
- Steve #Fossett completes 1st.solo #transpacific balloon flight
...and much more
Just updated on #StratoCat important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred in #January
- First balloon flight from England to France over the English Channel
- First Air Voyage in America by Jean Pierre #Blanchard
- Start of the #GENETRIX spy balloon launches towards the USSR
- First evidence of #Positrons in primary Cosmic Rays
- #ECHO II balloon-satellite launch
- First flight of a big #stratospheric #balloon in #Antarctica
...and much more
On this day in 1985, a French runaway #MIR stratospheric balloon launched by #CNES in July from #Paardefontein, South Africa appeared for a few hours over Buenos Aires causing a commotion that still today is remembered. In late 90s decade, I started research on my own on this infamous #UFO case. The work I've done solving it would lead in 2005 to the creation of the only catalog of stratospheric balloon launches. It evolved into what is today the #StratoCat website.
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