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Who made the first nonstop balloon?

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In Mar. 1999 Jacques Piccard Auguste's grandson and Briton Brian Jones made the first nonstop balloon flight around the world; the American Steve Fossett completed the first nonstop solo circumnavigation in July 2002.

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