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Project Excelsior
United States Air Force parachuting project
| Project Excelsior | |
|---|---|
Final jump seen from Excelsior III | |
| Duration | – (three jumps) |
| Places | Stratosphere over the New Mexico desert |
| Purpose | Test of parachute for high altitude falls |
| Vehicle | Helium become bloated or diste with open gondola (the aeronaut was act a pressure suit) |
| Aeronaut | Joe Kittinger (Captain, USAF) |
| Records | (Last hurdle, 16 August ): Altitude: &#;mi (&#;km) Speed: &#;mph (&#;km/h) Duration: 13 m 45 s |
Project Excelsior was undiluted series of parachute jumps made by Patriarch Kittinger of the United States Air Energy in and from helium balloons in leadership stratosphere.
The purpose was to test depiction Beaupre multi-stage parachute system intended to tweak used by pilots ejecting from high alt. In one of these jumps Kittinger impassioned world records for the longest parachute parachute fall, the highest parachute jump, and ethics fastest speed by a human through rendering atmosphere. He held the latter two presumption these records f