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On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger made a high altitude bailout from the open gondola Excelsior III  which was carried aloft by large helium balloons at 102,800 feet (31,300 m).
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A team of Australian skydivers have broken their national record for the most freefallers in a formation.
Casting a spectacular image several thousand feet up, the 112-strong team smashed their national record for the most number of freefallers in a formation in the skies above Perris Valley, California, on Sunday.
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Felix Baumgartner plans to skydive from the edge of space.

His goal, which he hopes to achieve this year, is to make the highest ever parachute jump. It will be from well into the stratosphere. It will mean breaking the speed of sound. And, if it succeeds, it will break a record that has stood for 50 years.
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'Space diver' to attempt first supersonic freefall

A "space diver" will try to smash the nearly 50-year-old record for the highest jump this year, becoming the first person to go supersonic in freefall. The stunt could help engineers design escape systems for space flights.
On 16 August 1960, US Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger made history by jumping out of a balloon at an altitude of some 31,333 metres.
Since then, many have tried to break that record but none have succeeded - New Jersey native Nick Piantanida actually died trying in 1965. Now Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner has announced he will make the attempt, with help from Kittinger and sponsorship from the energy drink company Red Bull.
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Casting a kaleidoscope of colour against a cloud-filled sky, these jumpers boldly plummet towards a skydiving record.
The 68 daredevils came together in a near-perfect diamond to make up America's largest ever wingsuit formation.
President of the group behind the American record, Raise the Sky, Taya Weiss, 32, said that some onlookers had even mistaken them for a UFO.
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It could be the ultimate high for extreme sport fans - space diving.
The first jumps at more than 20 miles above the surface of the Earth could take place within two years.
The ultimate aim is for space divers to leap from a rocket 70 miles up.
They would plummet at more than 2500mph and need special suits to stop their blood boiling.
One of the men developing the sport is ex-NASA flight surgeon Dr Jonathan Clark - whose wife Laurel died in the 2003 Colombia space shuttle disaster .

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