Steve Fossett circles the globe in a balloon

SLP2002070205- ST. LOUIS, July 2 (UPI) -- Members of Steve Fossett's mission control, pour over maps as they plot his flight over Australia after Fossett completed his solo trip around the world in a balloon, in St. Louis on July 2, 2002. Fossett was airborne for 13 and 1/2 days and was his sixth attempt. .mk/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI