Thomas Paone

About The Author

Thomas Paone curates the lighter-than-air collection of the National Air and Space Museum, including balloons, blimps, and airships. The collection consists of over five hundred items, from small pieces of fabric from historical balloons, blimps, and airships to the Explorer II gondola, which produced the first-ever image showing the curvature of the Earth.

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Books by Thomas Paone

Soar to the Stratosphere

Auguste Piccard's Incredible Balloon Flight to Dizzying Heights

By Thomas Paone

Illustrated by Diane Kidd

The incredible illustrated true story of the first balloon flight to the stratosphere, for children ages 4–8.

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