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Title:Switzerland: Professor Picard Sets Height Record
Date:16th June 1931
Summary:Professor Auguste Piccard, Swiss-born scientist, was among the first men in space. On June 16 1931, he returned from a balloon ascent into the stratosphere. At a record ten miles up, he had tested the effect of cosmic rays on the atmosphere.
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Location:SWITZERLAND
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