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1860'S
In the civil war union troops like the french army before them used balloons to spy behind enemy lines to see how battles were going. -
1875's
Three french scientists exploring the atmosphere soared to 25,000 feet in a balloon. the men took bottles of oxegen with them but when the balloon landed only one scientist survived. -
1900
The early 1900s brought the dirigible ,or blimp. made of several balloons ,it was fitted with moters and popellers that let the pilot steer.
A cabin on the underside held more than -
1932
The man who invented a way to travel saftly high into the atmosphere was a swiss named Auguste Piccard, who biult an aluminum gondala .sealed inside with oxegen tanks he saftly reached a hight of 54,000 feet. -
1961
Brave men kept going higher and higher. two U.S navy officers MalcomD. ross and Victor Parther JR went 113,740 feet in an open gondola to test space suits for astronauts. -
1999
Others had crossed the oceans,but Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones were the first to balloon non-stop around the world converting 30,000 miles in20 days. their balloon was a cross between a hot air balloon and a gas balloon. -
present day
Planes have long been a way to travel by air , but you often see a dirigible carriing a tv crew above a football game or other sports events. -
every day
Hundreds of weather balloon s explore the atmosphere and transmit their findings to earth.