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Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive from 'Near-Space' in Photos
By Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor | October 24, 2014 03:36pm ET
The Video: Record-Breaking Supersonic 'Near-Space Dive' in Photos
On Oct. 24, 2014, skydiver Alan Eustace set a new record for the highest near-space jump from the stratosphere as part of a feat performed with the Stratospheric Explorer (StratEx) team and the Paragon Space Development Corporation
. Read our full story: Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive' . Eustace fell from an altitude of 135,908 feet (41,425 meters) and wore a custom pressurized spacesuit built by ILC Dover (NASA's spacesuit provider) and parachute to survive the supersonic descent. See the video above and more photos of the epic leap skydive:
A veteran skydiver and pilot, Alan Eustace set a new U.S. record for the highest skydive, a new world record for the longest freefall under a drogue chute, and the U.S. record for the fastest vertical speed during the StratEx jump on Oct. 24 over Roswell, New Mexico. This still image (from a Paragon video) shows the view from his helmet during the stratospheric leap. The dive began from a higher altitude than the previous record set by daredevil Felix Baumgarter, who leapt from a height of 128,000 feet on Oct. 14, 2012 during the Red Bull Stratos mission. Eustace is the second skydiver ever to break the sound barrier after Baumgartner. Credit: Paragon.
By Tariq Malik, SPACE.com Managing Editor | October 24, 2014 03:36pm ET
The Video: Record-Breaking Supersonic 'Near-Space Dive' in Photos
On Oct. 24, 2014, skydiver Alan Eustace set a new record for the highest near-space jump from the stratosphere as part of a feat performed with the Stratospheric Explorer (StratEx) team and the Paragon Space Development Corporation
. Read our full story: Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive' . Eustace fell from an altitude of 135,908 feet (41,425 meters) and wore a custom pressurized spacesuit built by ILC Dover (NASA's spacesuit provider) and parachute to survive the supersonic descent. See the video above and more photos of the epic leap skydive:
A veteran skydiver and pilot, Alan Eustace set a new U.S. record for the highest skydive, a new world record for the longest freefall under a drogue chute, and the U.S. record for the fastest
vertical speed during the StratEx jump on Oct. 24 over Roswell, New Mexico. This still image (from a Paragon video) shows the view from his helmet during the stratospheric leap. The dive began from a higher altitude than the previous record set by daredevil Felix Baumgarter, who leapt from a height of 128,000 feet on Oct. 14, 2012 during the Red Bull Stratos mission. Eustace is the second skydiver ever to break the sound barrier after Baumgartner. Credit: Paragon.
