Audouin Dollfus - Aerospace and Ballooning Pioneer

Aerospace and Ballooning Pioneer

With his father, the aeronautical pioneer Charles Dollfus, he holds several world records in ballooning, including the first stratospheric flight in France. He was the first to carry out astronomical observations from a stratospheric balloon, in particular to study Mars in a detailed way.

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