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Kittinger-jump

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Kittinger-jump — archival photograph
An automatic camera captures Capt. (later Col.) Joseph Kittinger just as he stepped from the balloon-supported Excelsior gondola on August 16, 1960, at an altitude of 102,800 feet (31,300 m).

The year

1960
Photographer
U.S. Air Force/Volkmar Wentzel
Date
1960
Licence
Public domain
Source
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kittinger-jump.jpg

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