In 1783, two brothers ... the first victim of balloon travel. Nearly two years after this flight, Pilâtre de Rozier died on June 15, 1785, when his balloon, filled with a combination of hydrogen ...

Collaborating with the Robert brothers – Nicolas and Anne-Jean – Charles built the first hydrogen balloon. On August 27, 1783 – 83 days after Montgolfiers’ demonstration – Charles ...

The Montgolfier-designed balloon was heated by a straw fire that eventually caused the balloon to catch on fire, but the two French brothers soon went on to design the first successful ...