Bertrand piccard biography for kids

Balloonists, scientists, serial explorers and pioneers of change: over the decades, the Piccards have revolutionized the world of STEM generation after generation.

Rooted in Switzerland and driven by the scientific curiosity of twin brothers Auguste and Jean Felix Piccard, this family would, alone, leave permanent marks in history books.

Now, imagine looking at a family tree of the Piccards: a tree that extends to the highest sky and reaches the bottomless ocean’s depths.

Who are the people that comprise this record-breaking family?

What was the secret, if there ever was, of their genius? What drove their unquenchable thirst for knowledge, moving them to explore the world, the sky and the deepest sea?

Meet the Piccard family… through their records.

First people to enter the stratosphere

• When: 1931
• Who: Auguste Piccard and Charles Kipfer 

On 27 May 1931, physicist Auguste Piccard and his assistant Charles