CSPAN3 Stratobowl Balloon Flight July 13, 2024
The first manned flight into the earths stratosphere. In 1935, two Army Captains named anderson and stevens sailed off from the south Dakota Plains to a recordbreaking 72,000 feet. Were really lucky in rammpi city. We have some interesting history that goes just beyond the culture of the area. Were talking about the stratobowl and the stratosphere flights. In sending man up above the stratosphere. Essentially rapid city area is the home of the first space flight. So what the National Geographic and u. S. Army air corps did was they decided to Work Together to make this happen. And they wanted ...