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Tucson company completes record-breaking near-space dive
- Published_at:2014-10-24
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:Arizona Daily Star
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- description: Alan Eustace made history Friday with a near-space dive from a high-altitude balloon at approximately 135,000 feet. Eustace broke several records, including national record for highest exit altitude; world and national record for free fall under a drogue chute; national record for vertical speed. Additionally, he became the second person to break the sound barrier outside an aircraft, announced Tucson's Paragon Space Development Corp. and its Stratospheric Explorer team, which supported the dive. Eustace was lifted to his peak altitude by a helium-filled scientific balloon while wearing a custom-made pressurized spacesuit. At over 135,000 feet, he began his dive, remaining in free fall for approximately 4.5 minutes before landing safely nearly 70 miles from his launch point, Paragon officials said.
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