Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served from 1950 to 1978, and earned...

Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the...

successful space dives (above 100 km) have been completed to date. In 1959 Joseph Kittinger accomplished a jump from 74,700 feet (22.8 km); he then set a long-standing...

surname Kittinger: Joseph Kittinger (1928-2022), United States Air Force pilot, set parachute and balloon records for altitude Jo Kittinger (born 1955)...

record for the highest-altitude jump, set in 1960 by USAF Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who was Baumgartner's mentor and capsule communicator at mission control...

seconds shorter than the record set during mentor Joseph Kittinger's jump on 16 August 1960. Kittinger was also his radio contact during the jump. Two years...

free-fall jump was Joseph Kittinger. However, Andreyev did not break the record for highest parachute jump, also held by Kittinger, but that jump was...

the longest genuine free fall record. During the late 1950s, Captain Joseph Kittinger of the United States was assigned to the Aerospace Medical Research...

Space diving Yevgeni Andreyev Felix Baumgartner Charles "Nish" Bruce Joseph Kittinger Nick Piantanida Cheryl Stearns Steve Truglia Olav Zipser Victor Prather...

Representative (R-TX). Joe Kernan, US Navy pilot, former governor of Indiana. Joseph Kittinger, USAF pilot, record-breaking parachutist. William P. Lawrence, US Navy...

Kerr (two awards) John Kerry Jonny Kim Robert Kingston (two awards) Joseph Kittinger (two awards) Charles C. Krulak Chris Kyle Henry Louis Larsen (three...

1960, Colonel Joseph Kittinger performed the first high-altitude jump at 19.5 miles (31.4 km) above the Earth's surface. Kittinger's friend and United...

Mac Jones – New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Joseph Kittinger – United States Air Force pilot, performed the record highest and fastest...

flights include three records set for highest skydive: the first set by Joseph Kittinger in 1960 at 31,300 m (31.3 km) for Project Excelsior followed by Felix...

4 minutes 18 seconds, the second longest freefall after the 1960 jump of Joseph Kittinger for 4 minutes 36 seconds. In October 2014, Alan Eustace, a senior vice...

resulting in a jumper being towed behind the aircraft. On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger, in the Excelsior III test jump, set the previous world record for...

been successful, he still would not have exceeded the record set by Joseph Kittinger for the highest-altitude parachute jump in history (31,300 metres (102...

pressure suit failure during flight and training exercises. In 1960, Joseph Kittinger experienced localised ebullism during a 31 kilometres (19 mi) ascent...

II and the Vietnam War. Joe Kernan, USN pilot, Governor of Indiana Joseph Kittinger, USAF pilot, prior high altitude research pilot who executed a record...

basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League Joseph Kittinger, former United States Air Force officer KJ-52 (born 1975), Christian...

successful solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Colonel Joseph Kittinger. This flight is memorialized at the Rosie O'Grady Balloon of Peace...

to make the selection committee accept him. USAF Capt. (later Col.) Joseph Kittinger, a USAF fighter pilot and stratosphere balloonist, met all the requirements...

Larry Kirkwood, former member of the Florida House of Representatives Joseph Kittinger, colonel, U.S. Air Force; USAF fighter pilot known for his high-altitude...

unofficial record, which Piantanida was also trying to break, was held by Joseph Kittinger of the U.S.) Piantanida took a job driving trucks in order to give...

died during altitude record breaking balloon ascent in 1927. Captain Joseph Kittinger, USAF: seven DFCs, served three tours in Vietnam and holder of the...

synthesizer (b. 1932) Jonathan Goldberg, 79, literary theorist (b. 1943) Joseph Kittinger, 94, United States Air Force officer and command pilot (Project Manhigh...

near Kennedy, Nebraska. 1957-06-02: 29.4997 km (96,784 ft); Captain Joseph W. Kittinger (U.S. Air Force) ascended in the Project Manhigh 1 gondola to a record-breaking...

United Kingdom. Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at an altitude of about 102,800 feet (31,300 meters). Kittinger sets world records...

downtown Orlando and the nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Joseph Kittinger was vice president of air operations. Balloon rides were still available...

Felix Baumgartner Charles "Nish" Bruce Alan Eustace Michel Fournier Joseph Kittinger Nick Piantanida Cheryl Stearns "Steve Truglia". TED Conferences. Retrieved...