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Limits RegistryAlan Eustace, a Google executive, ascended via helium balloon and jumped from 135,908 ft (41.4 km) on October 24, 2014, breaking the sound barrier during his descent — the highest-altitude freefall jump ever recorded, surpassing Felix Baumgartner's 2012 Red Bull Stratos jump from 128,097 ft by roughly 7,800 ft.
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Alan Eustace, a Google executive, ascended via helium balloon and jumped from 135,908 ft (41.4 km) on October 24, 2014, breaking the sound barrier during his descent — the highest-altitude freefall jump ever recorded, surpassing Felix Baumgartner's 2012 Red Bull Stratos jump from 128,097 ft by roughly 7,800 ft.
The greatest altitude from which a human has jumped and freefallen (before parachute deployment) from a high-altitude balloon.
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Limits Registry. LR-HIGHEST-ALTITUDE-FREEFALL. Highest-altitude freefall jump. 2026.