Parachute From Space

The kármán line is the internationally accepted definition as to where space begins 100 km 62 mi above sea level.

Parachute from space. Similar to skydiving space diving is the act of jumping from an aircraft or spacecraft in near space and falling to earth. Kittinger leaps from his helium balloon at 102 800 ft 31 300 m. Felix baumgartner was born the first of two boys his brother is gerard in salzburg austria.

He jumped from 128 000 feet 39 000 meters or about 24 miles up during the red bull stratos mission. On 20 july 2003 baumgartner became the first person to skydive across the english channel using a. As a child he dreamed about flying and skydiving.

They consist of an inflatable structure with an attached flexible thermal blanket that are tightly packed for launch and then inflated in space for the reentry of the spacecraft. In 1999 he claimed the world record for the highest parachute jump from a building when he jumped from the petronas towers in kuala lumpur malaysia. Felix baumgartner who accomplished a space jump by jumping from a capsule 39 kilometers 24 miles above the ground which is still way below iss s altitude needed supplementary oxygen to sustain him during his plummet.

The parachute helps slow the spacecraft down during entry descent and landing. Skydiver felix baumgartner makes the highest skydive ever oct. Hiads provide an inflatable heat shield for re entry of spacecraft into earth and mars.