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Record of Joe Kittenger’s Space Jump from 102000 Feet
Captain Joseph W. Kittenger Jr of the U S Air Force made a high parachute jump from a balloon at 102,800 feet over New Mexico on August 16. The stunt, aided by Beaupre stabilization gear, required a team across space medicine weather electronics and photography and demonstrated balloon research value for upper atmosphere studies.
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Joseph W. Kittenger, Jr
United States Air Force
New Mexico
Captain Kittinger
Kittinger
Army
Holloman Air Force Base
Ground Control
Joe
Beaupre
Garden of Eden
National Geographic Society
U.S. Army Air Corps