After dummy after dummy crashed into the floor, Reichelt decided that the problem was that they weren't jumping from high ...

[Pictures: Space Suit Evolution Since First NASA Flight ... Consider that my open-gondola ascent and parachute jump exposed me to space conditions longer than any other man, without harmful ...

manufactured and assembled” and “cannot withstand the wind speeds to which jump masters are exposed." The suit alleges that the parachute’s handle creates a “sail shape” that causes the ...

Prior to a celebratory event in the USA's Kennedy Space Centre to mark the anniversary, Eustace shared his reflections on his famous parachute jump in an interview with FAI. Wearing a specially ...

Joseph Kittinger, whose 1960 parachute jump from almost 20 miles above the ... Wearing a pressure suit and 60 pounds of equipment, Kittinger almost died during the project’s first jump in ...