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{{Short description|Belgian record-breaking balloon}}
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|name           = FNRS-1
|image          = RMM PIccard gondola 1931.JPG
|caption        = RMM Piccard gondola
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|type           = Record-breaking balloon
|national_origin = [[Belgium]]
|manufacturer   = ''Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique''
|designer       = [[Auguste Piccard]]
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[[File:Gondel van Auguste Piccard.jpg|thumb|Auguste Piccard's FNRS-1 Gondola]][[File:Auguste Piccard with his family and engineer in front of the capsule of a stratospheric balloon.jpg|thumb|Professor Auguste Piccard (front right) with his family and engineer Kipfer in front of the capsule of the stratospheric balloon with which a flight will be made. The scientists are wearing helmets made from sewing baskets and pillows.]]
The '''FNRS-1''' was a balloon, built by [[Auguste Piccard]], that set a world altitude record. It was named after the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique]], which funded the balloon.

==See also==
* [[National Fund for Scientific Research]]
* [[FNRS-2]], which was the first ever [[bathyscaphe]] built.
* [[FNRS-3]], which was rebuilt from FNRS-2

==References and notes==
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===Sources===
* {{cite book | title=The Pre-Astronauts | author=Ryan, Craig | year=2003 | publisher=Naval Institute Press | id={{ISBN|1591147484}}, {{ISBN|978-1-59114-748-0}} | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QS38bu9iTwC }}
* {{cite book | author=Shayler, David | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ng9i5IMtlpsC | title=Disasters and accidents in manned spaceflight | publisher=Springer | year=2000 | id={{ISBN|1852332255}}, {{ISBN|978-1-85233-225-9}} | pages=20–22 }}
* {{cite book | author=Vaeth, Joseph Gordon | title=They sailed the skies: U.S. Navy balloons and the airship program | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92PGEp5cW38C | publisher=Naval Institute Press | year=2005 | id={{ISBN|1591149142}}, {{ISBN|978-1-59114-914-9}} }}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|FNRS}}

[[Category:Individual balloons (aircraft)]]
[[Category:Aircraft manufactured in Belgium]]


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