[PAR] [TLE] FNRS-1 [SEP] The FNRS-1 was a balloon, built by Auguste Piccard, that set a world altitude record.  It was named after the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique, which funded the balloon. [PAR] [TLE] Auguste Piccard [SEP] Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer, known for his record-breaking hot air balloon flights, with which he studied Earth's upper atmosphere and cosmic rays, and for his invention of the first bathyscaphe, "FNRS-2", with which he made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 to explore the ocean's depths.
[PAR] [TLE] FNRS-1 [ SEP ] The FNRS-1 was a balloon , built by Auguste Piccard , that set a world altitude record . It was named after the Belgian Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique , which funded the balloon . [PAR] [TLE] Auguste Piccard [ SEP ] Auguste Antoine Piccard ( 28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962 ) was a Swiss physicist , inventor and explorer , known for his record - breaking hot air balloon flights , with which he studied Earth 's upper atmosphere and cosmic rays , and for his invention of the first bathyscaphe , " FNRS-2 " , with which he made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 to explore the ocean 's depths .
The man that built the FNRS-1 balloon died in what year?
The man that built the FNRS-1 balloon died in what year ?
1962
1962