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Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive from 'Near-Space' in Photos
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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 92526" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #80ff00"><em><strong>Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive from 'Near-Space' in Photos</strong></em></span></span></p><p></p><p>By <a href="http://www.space.com/contact_author.php?a=VkdGeWFYRWdUV0ZzYVdzcWRHMWhiR2xyS2pFPQ==" target="_blank">Tariq Malik</a>, SPACE.com Managing Editor | October 24, 2014 03:36pm ET</p><p></p><p><strong>The Video: <span style="color: #59b300"><a href="http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html" target="_blank">Record-Breaking Supersonic 'Near-Space Dive' in Photos</a></span></strong></p><p></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html#" target="_blank">Corporation<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>. <strong>Read our full story: </strong><a href="http://www.space.com/27536-supersonic-near-space-dive-video.html" target="_blank">Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive'</a> . Eustace fell from an altitude of 135,908 <a href="http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html#" target="_blank">feet<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> (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:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i.space.com/images/i/000/043/140/i02/stratex-near-space-dive-view.jpg?1414180755" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>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 <a href="http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html#" target="_blank">fastest<img src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> 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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Opmmur, post: 92526, member: 13"] [SIZE=7][COLOR=#80ff00][I][B]Record-Breaking Supersonic Skydive from 'Near-Space' in Photos[/B][/I][/COLOR][/SIZE] By [URL='http://www.space.com/contact_author.php?a=VkdGeWFYRWdUV0ZzYVdzcWRHMWhiR2xyS2pFPQ==']Tariq Malik[/URL], SPACE.com Managing Editor | October 24, 2014 03:36pm ET [B]The Video: [COLOR=#59b300][url="http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html"]Record-Breaking Supersonic 'Near-Space Dive' in Photos[/url][/COLOR][/B] 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 [URL='http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html#']Corporation[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png[/IMG][/URL]. [B]Read our full story: [/B][URL='http://www.space.com/27536-supersonic-near-space-dive-video.html']Skydiver Goes Supersonic in Record-Breaking 'Near-Space Dive'[/URL] . Eustace fell from an altitude of 135,908 [URL='http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html#']feet[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png[/IMG][/URL] (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: [IMG]http://i.space.com/images/i/000/043/140/i02/stratex-near-space-dive-view.jpg?1414180755[/IMG] 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 [URL='http://www.space.com/27537-supersonic-near-space-dive-photos.html#']fastest[IMG]http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png[/IMG][/URL] 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. [/QUOTE]
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