Editing Jacques Piccard (section)

==Family life==
Jacques Piccard was born in [[Brussels]], Belgium, the son of [[Auguste Piccard]], who was himself an adventurer and engineer. Jacques' father Auguste twice beat the record for reaching the highest altitude in a balloon, during 1931–1932.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-01 |title=Swiss explorer Jacques Piccard dies at 86 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20081101-swiss-explorer-jacques-piccard-dies-86-exploration |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref> The Piccard family thus had the unique distinction of breaking world records for both the highest flight and the deepest dive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/jacques-piccard |title=The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions |publisher=Answers |access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Jules Piccard]] (professor of chemistry)
** [[Auguste Piccard]] (physicist, aeronaut, balloonist, hydronaut)
*** Jacques Piccard (hydronaut)
**** [[Bertrand Piccard]] (aeronaut, [[balloonist]])
** [[Jean Piccard|Jean Felix Piccard]] (organic chemist, aeronaut, and balloonist)
** [[Jeannette Piccard]] (wife of Jean Felix) (aeronaut and balloonist)
*** [[Don Piccard]] (balloonist)

Jacques's father, who had already set altitude records in his balloon, started using the buoyancy technique used in balloons for developing a [[submersible]] vehicle, the [[bathyscaphe]]. Jacques initially started out his career by teaching economics at University of Geneva while continuing to help his father improve the bathyscaphe to demonstrate its potential for operating in deep waters. During that period Piccard also completed a diploma at the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]] in Geneva.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jacques Piccard {{!}} IHEID |url=https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/node/61206 |access-date=2023-12-24 |website=www.graduateinstitute.ch}}</ref> Together, Piccard and his father built three bathyscaphes between 1948 and 1955, which reached record depths of 4,600 feet and 10,000 feet (the last one was bought by the government). With this success, the younger Piccard abandoned economics to collaborate with his father on further improving the bathyscaphe and demonstrating its practicality for exploration and research and then they collaborated.

Jacques's son [[Bertrand Piccard]] is continuing his family traditions. He commanded the first non-stop balloon flight around the world in March 1999 and the first solar-powered plane flight around the world in December of 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |last=swissinfo.ch |first=S. W. I. |date=2008-11-01 |title=La mort de l'océanographe Jacques Piccard |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/sci-&-tech/la-mort-de-l-oc%C3%A9anographe-jacques-piccard/7012946 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=fr-CH}}</ref>