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Birthday
*** ,1895
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Death day
May 17, 1981 (86 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
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Celebrities born on January 5
Born in 1895
Born in Chicago, Illinois
Capricorn named Jeannette
Pilots from Illinois
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First name Jeannette
Jeannette Piccard
Jeannette Ridlon Piccard was an American hot air balloon player and later a Catholic priestess. She has held the record for female height for almost three decades and, according to some contemporary documents, is considered the first woman in space. Piccard was the first licensed female hot air balloon pilot in the United States and the first female to fly into the stratosphere. Accompanied by her husband, Jean, a member of the Piccard balloonist family and twin brother of Auguste Piccard, she reached a height of 10.9 miles in a record flight over Lake Erie on October 23, 1934, retaining the ball control for the entire flight. After her husband passed away in 1963, she served as an advisor to NASA's Johnson Space Center director for several years, addressed the public about NASA's work, and was subsequently promoted to the Hall of Fame of Space. World Time 1998. From the late 1960s onwards, Piccard returned to his childhood interest in religion.
BornJeannette Ridlon, January 05, 1895, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 17, 1981, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Alma materBryn Mawr College, University of Chicago, University of Minnesota
OccupationBalloonist, scientist, priest
Known forThe first licensed female balloon pilot in the U.S, the first woman to fly to the stratosphere, co-inventor of the plastic balloon, the first woman to be ordained an Episcopal priest in the U.S.
ChildrenJohn A. Piccard, Paul J. Piccard, Don Piccard
Parent(s)John and Emily Ridlon
RelativesAuguste Piccard, Bertrand Piccard, Jacques Piccard

About Jeannette Piccard

Pilot Jeannette Piccard was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on January 5, 1895. She dies at the age of 86, on May 17, 1981.

Pilot of a high-altitude balloon who was the first woman to successfully guide a balloon into the stratosphere.

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Jeannette Piccard before becoming famous

Jeannette Piccard was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1895 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

She studied psychology, philosophy, organic chemistry, and education at Bryn Mawr College, the University of Chicago, and the University of Minnesota.

Achievement of Jeannette Piccard

She reached nearly an 11-mile altitude above Lake Erie in 1934, accompanied by her husband, Pilot Jean Piccard, while maintaining complete control of her aircraft.

Jeannette Piccard's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

In the 1930s, her husband, Pilot Jean Piccard, and his twin brother, Auguste, became famous for a series of pioneering balloon flights.

Jean Piccard (1884 - 1963) (Pilot)
Jean Piccard (1884 - 1963)

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Jeanette Piccard (whose balloon soared to the stratosphere) was considered the first American woman in space until Astronaut Sally Ride entered space on the Space Shuttle Challenger.

Sally Ride (1951 - 2012) (Astronaut)
Sally Ride (1951 - 2012)

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Jeannette Piccard Income & Net worth

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