Project Excelsior

Name: Project Excelsior
Uploaded: 2007-07-10T10:59:56+00:00
Duration: 5 min 29 s
Channel: John Smith
Description: Project Excelsior was a series of extreme high-altitude parachute jumps made by USAF Joseph Kittinger in 1959/1960 to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system. In one of these jumps Kittinger set world records for the highest parachute jump and the longest parachute freefall, both of which still stand.

John Smith

Project Excelsior was a series of extreme high-altitude parachute jumps made by USAF Joseph Kittinger in 1959/1960 to test the Beaupre multi-stage parachute system. In one of these jumps Kittinger set world records for the highest parachute jump and the longest parachute freefall, both of which still stand.

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