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Image: Kittinger-jump

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Description: 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).
Title: Kittinger-jump
Credit: http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Upcoming/Photos.aspx?igphoto=2000572287
Author: U.S. Air Force/Volkmar Wentzel
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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