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  • Victor Prather
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  • Lieutenant Commander Victor A. Prather Jr. (June 4, 1923 – May 4, 1961) was an American flight surgeon famous for taking part in "Project RAM", a government project to develop the space suit. On May 4, 1961, Prather drowned during the helicopter transfer after the landing of the Strato-Lab V balloon flight, which set an altitude record for manned balloon flight which stood until 2012.
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  • 1943
Birth Date
  • 1923-06-04
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  • At sea in the Gulf of Mexico
Name
  • Victor A. Prather
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  • 1961-05-04
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  • Sea
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  • Lieutenant Commander Victor A. Prather Jr. (June 4, 1923 – May 4, 1961) was an American flight surgeon famous for taking part in "Project RAM", a government project to develop the space suit. On May 4, 1961, Prather drowned during the helicopter transfer after the landing of the Strato-Lab V balloon flight, which set an altitude record for manned balloon flight which stood until 2012.