XEE4187790 The feat of the Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) who carried out an aerostat flight in the stratosphere with his teammate Kipfer on 27/05/1931, they landed in disaster on a Swiss glacier after a balloon incident. Illustration from ???e petit journal Illustre??????from 1931 by Anonymous; Private Collection; (add.info.: The feat of the Swiss scientist Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) who carried out an aerostat flight in the stratosphere with his teammate Kipfer on 27/05/1931, they landed in disaster on a Swiss glacier after a balloon incident. Illustration from ???e petit journal illustrious??????from 1931 - Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer Auguste Piccard (1884-1962) reaching the stratosphere in a pressurized aluminum balloon of his design, with his co-pilot, Paul Kipfer, on 27 May 1931. Frontpage of English newspaper Le Pepetit Journal Illustre, 1931.); Stefano Bianchetti; out of copyright.