Jacques Piccard (born July 28, 1922) is a Belgian explorer and engineer, known for having developed underwater vehicles for studying ocean currents. He is the only person (as of 2006), along with Lt. Don Walsh, to have reached the deepest point on the earth's surface, the Challenger Deep, in the Mariana Trench. July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Don Walsh was a lieutenant in the United States Navy. ... Location of Challenger Deep within the Mariana Trench General location in the Western Pacific The Challenger Deep is the deepest known point in the oceans. ... Mariana Trench location This article is about the geographical feature. ...

Jacques Piccard was born in Brussels, Belgium to Auguste Piccard, who was himself an adventurer and engineer. For other uses, see Brussels (disambiguation). ... Auguste Antoine Piccard (January 28, 1884 – March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. ...

On January 23, 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh, reached the ocean floor in the Challenger Deep with his bathyscaphe Trieste. The depth of the descent was measured at 10,916 meters (35,813 feet), later more accurate measurements in 1995 have found the Challenger Deep to be less deep at 10,911 m (35,797 ft). The descent took almost five hours and the two men spent barely twenty minutes on the ocean floor before undertaking the 3 hour 15 minute ascent. January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Trieste A bathyscape or bathyscaphe is a self-propelled deep-sea diving submersible, consisting of a crew cabin similar to a bathysphere suspended below a float filled with a buoyant liquid such as petrol. ... The bathyscaphe Trieste Close-up of pressure sphere Trieste emblem Trieste was a deep-diving research bathyscaphe (deep boat) with a crew of two people. ...

Jacques Piccard constructed four submarines:

• The Auguste Piccard, the world's first passenger submarine.
• The Ben Franklin
• The F.-A. Forel
• The PX-44

Jacques Piccard is the founder of the Foundation for the Study and Protection of Seas and Lakes, based in Cully, Switzerland. Cully is a commune in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Lavaux. ...

The Piccard family

The Piccard family is noted for undertaking challenges. Jacques' father Auguste Piccard twice beat the record for reaching the highest altitude in a balloon, in 1931-32. Jacques' son Bertrand Piccard commanded the first flight around the world nonstop with a balloon, in March 1999. In fiction, Star Trek's Jean-Luc Picard is arguably descended from the Piccard family, but the name spellings are different. Auguste Antoine Piccard (January 28, 1884 – March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. ... Dr. Bertrand Piccard (born March 1, 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist born in Lausanne, Vaud canton, on March 1, 1958. ... Star Trek is an American science-fiction franchise spanning six television series, ten feature films, hundreds of novels, computer and video games, and other fan stories. ... Captain Jean-Luc Picard is a Starfleet officer in the fictional Star Trek universe. ...

• Auguste Piccard (physicist, aeronaut, balloonist, hydronaut)
  • Jacques Piccard (hydronaut)
    • Bertrand Piccard (aeronaut, balloonist)
• Jean-Felix Piccard (organic chemist, aeronaut, and balloonist)
  • Jeannette Piccard (wife of) (aeronaut and balloonist)
  • Don Piccard (balloonist)

Auguste Antoine Piccard (January 28, 1884 – March 24, 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. ... Dr. Bertrand Piccard (born March 1, 1958) is a Swiss psychiatrist and balloonist born in Lausanne, Vaud canton, on March 1, 1958. ... Dr. Jean-Felix Piccard (Basel, Switzerland, January 28, 1884 – January 28, 1963, Minneapolis, Minnesota) was a Swiss-born American scientist and high-altitude balloonist. ... Don Piccard is a Swiss-American balloonist. ...

External links

• Page from Jacques' son Bertrand Piccard's website
• Official press release regarding Challenger Deep operation.