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Balloons

  • 1804: Joseph Gay-Lussac reached a height of 7,010 metres
  • 1866: Henry Coxwell and James Glaisher reached a height of 10,972 metres
  • 1931: August Piccard reached a height of 15,838 metres
  • 1961: Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reached a height of 34,594 metres