VIDEO: New skydiving world record set by Google exec Alan Eustace after jump from stratosphere
After being lifted to the edge of space, a Google executive broke the world record for a freefall jump from the highest altitude (scroll for video).
On October 24, 2014, Google’s vice president Alan Eustace, reached supersonic speeds after he leaped into empty space from more than 40 km somewhere over New Mexico State, thus breaking the previous altitude record set by Austrian pioneer Felix Baumgartner two years ago during the famous event “Red Bull Stratos space jump”.
Google’s Alan Eustace breaks freefall record and sound barrier with leap from near-space (pic: Rico Shen /Wikimedia)
57-year-old Eustace wore a pressurized spacesuit, then was taken up into the air at a dizzying altitude with a helium scientific balloon. After a climb that lasted 2 hours and 9 minutes, he skydived from the unprecedented height of 41,419 meters.
During the fall he caught a speed of 1322 km/h becoming the second man in history who exceeded the sound barrier without using a vehicle. At the maximum speed he reached Mach 1.23.
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Eustace’s project has been conducted under great secrecy for the past three years, and the American has planned everything carefully. The helium balloon has been designed in the last two years, while the place – Roswell, New Mexico -, where the ascent began, was chosen a year ago.
“It was amazing and beautiful. You could see the blackness of space and the atmosphere layers as we have not seen them before,” said Eustace after the jump.
Video: Google exec Alan Eustace breaks space jump record on 24 Oct. 2014