stratosphere flight during the 1930s became almost an international in 34, three army men, stevens kepner anderson, tried unsuccessfully for a record. and then a year later, two of them, anderson and stevens, brilliantly, with an ascension of almost miles. what did they hope to find? why they go up? well, the main purpose was to study cosmic rays, a mysterious shaft of energy that constantly rained down on the earth. also to collect samples of air dust, bacteria and make other scientific studies. their findings were valuable and could have been obtained in no other way. such flights date back to 1862, when two english scientists coxwell and glacier ascended 37,000 feet. the outstanding modern flights have been those of mr. and mrs. picard,. 1934 57,579 feet. settle. 4d 1933 61,237 feet and stevens and anderson,. 1935 72,395 feet. this is the greatest altitude ever reached by man, but balloons carrying only equipment reached even higher. radio sand balloons equipped to send constant reports back to earth by radio have climbed as high as 86,000 feet. and at this point should be mentioned the fact th

stratosphere flight during the 1930s became almost an international in 34, three army men, stevens kepner anderson, tried unsuccessfully for a record. and then a year later, two of them, anderson and stevens, brilliantly, with an ascension of almost miles. what did they hope to find? why they go up? well, the main purpose was to study cosmic rays, a mysterious shaft of energy that constantly rained down on the earth. also to collect samples of air dust, bacteria and make other scientific studies. their findings were valuable and could have been obtained in no other way. such flights date back to 1862, when two english scientists coxwell and glacier ascended 37,000 feet. the outstanding modern flights have been those of mr. and mrs. picard,. 1934 57,579 feet. settle. 4d 1933 61,237 feet and stevens and anderson,. 1935 72,395 feet. this is the greatest altitude ever reached by man, but balloons carrying only equipment reached even higher. radio sand balloons equipped to send constant reports back to earth by radio have climbed as high as 86,000 feet. and at this point should be mentioned the fact th