In 2012, Felix Baumgartner broke the highest altitude and longest-distance free fall records, when, on October 14, he jumped from over 128,000 ft.

Plus the history of free falls listed from Wikipedia

The first stratospheric space dive was in 1959 when Colonel Joseph William Kittinger II (born July 27, 1928 in TampaFloridaUnited States) a former command pilot, career military officer and retired Colonel in the United States Air Force dived from a high-altitude balloon. He participated in Project Excelsior, testing the effects on pilots of ejecting at high altitude and in 1960 set a record for the highest, longest-distance, and longest-duration skydive, from a height greater than 102,000 feet (31 km).[5]

On 1 November 1962, Yevgeni Andreyev and Pyotr Dolgov ascended from Volsk, near Saratov.[6] Andreyev jumped from the capsule at 83,523 feet (25.458 km) and free fell 80,380 feet (24.50 km) before successfully deploying his parachute. Dolgov remained in the capsule and ascended to 93,970 feet (28.64 km). Dolgov was primarily testing an experimental pressure suit, and would have deployed a drogue chute like Kittinger’s earlier jump. As he exited the gondola, he struck his helmet and cracked the visor, leading to depressurization and his death.

In 1965-1966 Nick Piantanida accomplished a set of unsuccessful attempts to jump from 123,500 feet (37.6 km) and 120,000 feet (37 km). During the last attempt Piantanida’s face mask had depressurized. His Ground controllers immediately jettisoned the balloon at close to 56,000 feet (17,000 m). Piantanida barely survived the fall, and the lack of oxygen left him brain damaged and in a coma from which he never recovered.

In the early 1990s, Kittinger played a lead role with NASA assisting British SAS Soldier Charles “Nish” Bruce to break his highest parachute jump record.[7] The project was suspended in 1994 following Bruce’s mental health breakdown.

In 1997 parachutist and pilot Cheryl Stearns formed Stratoquest,[8] aiming to break Kittenger’s record as the first female space diver. Due either to a significant shoulder injury[9] or funding issues for the project[10] this plan did not come to fruition. By the time Stearns was prepared to attempt her jump, Felix Baumgartner had completed his jump and Cheryl shelved her event.

In 2012, Felix Baumgartner broke Kittinger’s highest altitude and Andreyev’s longest-distance free fall records, when, on October 14, he jumped from over 128,000 ft (39 km).[11][12]

In 2014, Alan Eustace set the current world record highest and longest-distance free fall jump when he jumped from 135,908 feet (41.425 km) and remained in free fall for 123,334 feet (37.592 km).[2] However, Joseph Kittinger still holds the record for longest-duration free fall, at 4 minutes and 36 seconds, which he accomplished during his 1960 jump from 102,800 feet (31.3 km).

More at Wikipedia here.


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