Jacques Piccard sets a new height record in an all metal globular gondola in Dubendorf, Switzerland.

Jacques Piccard sets a new height record in Dubendorf, Switzerland. Piccard and Max Cosyns set off for a balloon trip to study the effects of cosmic rays. Jacques Piccard looks out from an all metal globular gondola. The balloon with the gondola sets off for its flight in the upper stratosphere. Piccard speaks with an officer before the flight. Photographers take pictures.