U-2 Pilot Wearing High Altitude Pressure Suit Made Approaches with McLaren Chase Car. While appearances of the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft have become more common at western U.S ...
"Since its earliest days, flight has been about pushing the limits of technology and, in many cases, pushing the limits of human endurance. The human body can be the limiting factor in the design of ...
Curator Dik Daso describes the pressure suit worn by SR-71 crew. Learn more about the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display at the National Air and Space Museum's ...
On August 16, 1960, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger stepped out of the gondola of a balloon at 102,800 feet above New Mexico wearing a pressure suit. In the thin air, he accelerated to 614 miles ...
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