Jacques Piccard
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Jacques Piccard was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, on 23 January 1960 he and Lieutenant Don Walsh of the
Piccard in 1979
Don Walsh (left) and Jacques Piccard (centre) in the Bathyscaphe Trieste
Jacques Piccard; in the foreground a model of the mesoscaphe Ben Franklin
Bertrand Piccard
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Bertrand Piccard FRSGS is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breit
Jacques Piccard
…and the deepest dive. Jules Piccard (professor of chemistry) Auguste Piccard (physicist, aeronaut, balloonist, hydronaut) Jacques Piccard (hydronaut) Bertrand Piccard (aeronaut, balloonist) Jean Felix Piccard (organic chemist, aeronaut, and balloonist) Jeannette Piccard (wife of Jean Felix) (aeronaut and balloonist…
Bertrand Piccard on the Green Carpet at the 2025 Zurich Film Festival.
Bertrand Piccard in 1982
Breitling Orbiter 3
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