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I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it | Alan Eustace

I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it | Alan Eustace

Update: 2015-09-04

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On October 24, 2014, Alan Eustace donned a custom-built, 235-pound spacesuit, attached himself to a weather balloon, and rose above 135,000 feet, from which point he dove to Earth, breaking both the sound barrier and previous records for high-altitude jumps. Hear his story of how -- and why.

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I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it | Alan Eustace

I leapt from the stratosphere. Here's how I did it | Alan Eustace

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