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St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: November 21, 2021
Today in 1783, the first free flight carrying a human occurred in Paris, France in a hot air balloon made of paper and silk. The balloon ...
November 21, 2021
Today in 1783, the first free flight carrying a human occurred in Paris, France in a hot air balloon made of paper and silk. The balloon carried two men, Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis Francois Laurant d’Arlandes, to an altitude of at least 500 feet and traveled about six miles over a 25 minute flight.
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