print email comment close Balloon Race Around the World URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/balloon/ Description: "On this site, you can delve into the history of science and ballooning, [and] follow the attempts of earlier balloonists to make the round-the-world flight." Includes a virtual balloon flight, materials for teachers, a program transcript, and links to related sites. A companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program. Publisher: WGBH Science Unit Extra Keywords Montgolfier circumnavigate the planet Library of Congress Subject Headings: Ballooning Flights around the world LII Database Information: Record 4274 created by Maria Brandt on 10/18/2004 Last modification on 10/20/2004 Published: 10/18/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4274