FNRS-1

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.

References and notes

Sources

• Ryan, Craig (2003). The Pre-Astronauts. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591147484, 9781591147480. http://books.google.com/books?id=1QS38bu9iTwC. 
• Shayler, David (2000). Disasters and accidents in manned spaceflight. Springer. pp. 20–22. ISBN 1852332255, ISBN 9781852332259. http://books.google.com/books?id=ng9i5IMtlpsC. 
• Vaeth, Joseph Gordon (2005). They sailed the skies: U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591149142, ISBN 9781591149149. http://books.google.com/books?id=92PGEp5cW38C. 

See also

• FNRS-2, which was the first ever bathyscaphe built.