![Millionaire businessman Richard Branson waves off the Breitling Orbiter as it lifts off, with pilot Wim Verstraeten and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard aboard, from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland this morning (Sunday), in the attempt Millionaire businessman Richard Branson waves off the Breitling Orbiter as it lifts off, with pilot Wim Verstraeten and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard aboard, from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland this morning (Sunday), in the attempt](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2d2xg26/millionaire-businessman-richard-branson-waves-off-the-breitling-orbiter-as-it-lifts-off-with-pilot-wim-verstraeten-and-co-pilot-bertrand-piccard-aboard-from-chateau-doex-switzerland-this-morning-sunday-in-the-attempt-to-become-the-first-hot-air-balloon-to-circumnavigate-the-world-non-stop-bransons-attempt-at-the-feat-failed-last-week-after-less-than-24-hours-in-the-air-photograph-by-fiona-hansonpa-2d2xg26.jpg)
Millionaire businessman Richard Branson waves off the Breitling Orbiter as it lifts off, with pilot Wim Verstraeten and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard aboard, from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland this morning (Sunday), in the attempt
![CGTN on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1999, Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon became the first balloon to make a nonstop trip circumnavigating the globe. Piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, it took off CGTN on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1999, Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon became the first balloon to make a nonstop trip circumnavigating the globe. Piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, it took off](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D2EMjumU0AApOGH.jpg)
CGTN on Twitter: "#OnThisDay in 1999, Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon became the first balloon to make a nonstop trip circumnavigating the globe. Piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones, it took off
![Twenty years since balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took off on their record-breaking round-the-world flight | World Air Sports Federation Twenty years since balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took off on their record-breaking round-the-world flight | World Air Sports Federation](https://www.fai.org/sites/default/files/styles/article_detail_xxlarge/public/article/image/piccard_jones.jpg?itok=SWGUS4pD)
Twenty years since balloonists Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones took off on their record-breaking round-the-world flight | World Air Sports Federation
![Breitling Orbiter 3, piloted by Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard, airborne over the Alps. Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland Stock Photo - Alamy Breitling Orbiter 3, piloted by Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard, airborne over the Alps. Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/432da139f854447abd90ab454a6bf25d/drhn91.jpg)
Breitling Orbiter 3, piloted by Swiss explorer Bertrand Piccard, airborne over the Alps. Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland Stock Photo - Alamy
![The Breitling Orbiter lifts off, with pilot Wim Verstraeten and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard aboard, from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland in the attempt to become the first hot air balloon to circumnavigate the world The Breitling Orbiter lifts off, with pilot Wim Verstraeten and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard aboard, from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland in the attempt to become the first hot air balloon to circumnavigate the world](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G45THB/the-breitling-orbiter-lifts-off-with-pilot-wim-verstraeten-and-co-G45THB.jpg)
The Breitling Orbiter lifts off, with pilot Wim Verstraeten and co-pilot Bertrand Piccard aboard, from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland in the attempt to become the first hot air balloon to circumnavigate the world
![Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist: 'Biggest challenge is not reaching the moon, but finding better life on Earth' | India News - The Indian Express Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist: 'Biggest challenge is not reaching the moon, but finding better life on Earth' | India News - The Indian Express](https://images.indianexpress.com/2018/01/bertrand-moon-759.jpg)
Bertrand Piccard, Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist: 'Biggest challenge is not reaching the moon, but finding better life on Earth' | India News - The Indian Express
![Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland - January 29. 2023: Balloon Breitling Orbiter 3 at the Balloon Festival. It was named after Bertrand Piccard's balloon, the first for a non-stop flight around the globe. Stock Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland - January 29. 2023: Balloon Breitling Orbiter 3 at the Balloon Festival. It was named after Bertrand Piccard's balloon, the first for a non-stop flight around the globe. Stock](https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/05/67/82/84/1000_F_567828497_OUSITdgoCdMNBqh57FFTD1iTZf40kZar.jpg)