Aug 16 1956

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Lt. Comdrs. Malcolm Ross (USNR) and L. Lewis (USN) made first stratospheric manned flight on polyethylene balloon, reached 40,000 feet in an open gondola. Flight was part of ONR Project strata-Lab.

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