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  1. Dec 9, 2019 · The Aeronauts follows the adventures of James Glaisher, a scientist, and Amelia Wren, a flamboyant aeronaut who lost her husband in a balloon accident. The pair, fighting against thunderstorms ...

  2. Dec 9, 2019 · Falling stars as seen on a balloon journey in pioneering aeronaut James Glaisher's book Travels in the Air.A record-setting balloon flight manned by Glaisher is the subject of the new movie The ...

  3. Feb 11, 2020 · In the highest of the three flights, Maj. David G. Simons flew to an altitude of 101,516 feet (30,942 m) on Aug. 19-20, 1957. In the 21st century, ballooning continues on in new ways. In 2012 ...

  4. Dec 23, 2019 · While James Glaisher may not have embarked on this epic aerial adventure with Wren, the real 19th-century scientist did break the world record for altitude with fellow aeronaut Henry Tracey Coxwell. In explaining his reason for opting to change the character so drastically, Harper admitted that he wanted the story to appeal more to modern audiences.

  5. The Aeronauts. (film) The Aeronauts is a 2019 biographical adventure film directed by Tom Harper and written by Jack Thorne, from a story co-written by Thorne and Harper. The film is based on the 2013 book Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes. [8]

  6. Aug 3, 2022 · Redmayne plays James Glaisher, the determined scientist, while Jones plays the brave (but fictional) widow aeronaut Amelia Wren. The movie also stars Himesh Patel and Tom Courtenay. The story of ‘The Aeronauts’ revolves around Glaisher and Wren, an unlikely duo, as they team up to embark on an ambitious and dangerous voyage toward discovery.

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  8. The Aeronauts isn't really historically accurate, but it does give you the most vivid sense imaginable for what it felt like to be British meteorological adventurers James Glaisher, then 53, and Henry Coxwell, 43, who barely escaped death in 1862 when they were the first humans to ride a hot-air balloon seven miles above the earth, where jets fly today and the air is minus 22 degrees.

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