New record set on stratosphere jumping

A Google executive has broken a world record by parachute jumping from the earth's stratosphere

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Before daybreak 57-year-old Alan Eustace, Google's senior vice president, was lifted from an abandoned airport runway in Roswell, New Mexico by a balloon filled with 35,000 cubic feet of helium

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The man was falling for over 25 miles in 15 minutes at a top speed of 822 miles per hour

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After ascending for two hours Eustace cut himself loose with a mini explosive device and plummeted the 25 miles back to the planet. 

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His epic fall created a small sonic boom, which was heard by people on the ground. "It was a wild, wild ride," he told the NY Times. "It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the layers of atmosphere, which I had never seen before."

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The previous record was set by daring Austrian Felix Baumgartner, who jumped from 128,100 feet on October 14th 2012. Eustace smashed that record by falling from a reported 135,890 feet.

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