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First Man in Space - Skydiving From The Edge Of The World

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First Man in Space - Skydiving From The Edge Of The World (Extended Version) // On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger jumped his last ... all » Excelsior jump, doing so from an air-thin height of 102,800 feet (31,334 meters). From that nearly 20 miles altitude, his tumble toward terra firma took some 4 minutes and 36 seconds. Exceeding the speed of sound during the fall, Kittinger used a small stabilizing chute before a larger, main parachute opened in the denser atmosphere. He safely touched down in barren New Mexico desert, 13 minutes 45 seconds after he vaulted into the void.The jump set records that still stand today, among them, the highest parachute jump, the longest freefall, and the fastest speed ever attained by a human through the atmosphere. Somewhat in contention is Kittinger's use of the small parachute for stabilization during his record-setting fall. Roger Eugene Andreyev, a Russian, is touted as holding the world's free fall record of 80,325 feet (24,483 meters), made on November 1, 1962.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Baskiskg

Length: 06:54
Rating: 4.88
Views: 611392

Tags: Baloon  Dive  Joe  Joseph  Kettinger  Nasa  Parachute  Sky  Space  

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bodishor (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what's the name of the song?!... and whats with the speech in the first part of the video
bshelby87 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Pressure change had to have been extreme. This dude is a legend.
halizbladex (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
man that guy had some stones
Alex6786 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Absolutely mind-blowing video with a perfect soundtrack. It's unthinkable what he does. My favourite short-film on the net.
artempolo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
no... its not...
JAG03064 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Speed of sound = 767 mph...Kittingers equipment measured an air speed of 614 if I'm correct. But what big balls he had to jump at that altitude. Technically he was the first man in space, Gagarin was the first to orbit the earth in a manned craft that's why Kittingers feat was not as widely known. Funny to stumble on this video, I read a really detailed article about this a year or so ago. Thanks for posting, the original photo's after seeing this do it no justice.
thedman696969 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that's absolutely right
NaturalStyleBJ (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
well the speed of sound is somthing like 760 miles per hour but sound travels various speeds depending on the environment sound actually travels near ts slowest in air and at 100k alt the speed of sound would be slower becuase temperature and sound decrease as altitude increases so as i wish to agree with you that he didnt break the speed of sound he was definitely not traveling 980mph
Nickforlife12 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that is so fake
garfunkledev (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
that would be amazing

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