The FNRS-1 was a balloon, built by Auguste Piccard, that set a world altitude record. It was named after the 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
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