Aug 19 1957

From The Space Library

STRATOSCOPE I, an unmanned balloon-telescope system, launched by General Mills under Navy contract for Princeton University astronomers, which produced first "clear" photos of the sun from 80,000 feet using a 12-inch telescope.

August 19-26: Airborne for 32 hours in MAN HIGH II flight, Maj. David G. Simons, USAF, established a manned-balloon altitude record of 101,516 feet, ascending at Crosby, Minn., and landing at Elm Lake, S. Dak.