# Joseph Kittinger

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Episode #104 with Melissa Nelson

100-way diamond built at Skydive Spaceland out of 5 Twin Otters. Pic of the Week - A head down formation builds over Skydive Arizona during one of the Women's Vertical World Record attempts. Photo by Norman Kent. Conversation with Women's Vertical World Record organizer, Melissa Nelson. Nex…

Episode #94 General Discussions

Karry sits in for Stump and Cory. Redemption Boogie. Pic of the Week - Dave Draves exits a balloon over Cleveland parachute center. Photo by Lonnie Kirk. Roberto Souza shows up at Start Skydiving. Listener email and voicemail. Tandem or AFF? Send in questions for our 100th show. Coming soo…

32: Joseph Kittinger

Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, 94, held the world record for decades for freefalling from the edge of space. He died Friday December 9, 2022. Quotable Quotes: "Life is an adventure, and I'm an adventurer. You just have to go for it. That's the American way." "As I jumped, I prayed, 'Lord, t…

Episode 422: Clogged Flashlight

Spaceflight News — Lunar Flashlight failure (spacenews.com) (PDF: mstl.atl.calpoly.edu VIA web.archive.org) (PDF: ssdl.gatech.edu) (PDF: digitalcommons.usu.edu) Short & Sweet — Boeing aiming for six Starliner flights to ISS (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) — NASA test-fires Mars Ascent Vehicle…

Episode 2591 – Vietnam Vet Joseph Kittinger – a bonafide hero

Episode 2591 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature a story about Vietnam Veteran Joseph Kittinger and why he is a bonafide hero. The featured story appeared in the Coffee or Die Magazine, an information service of the Black … Continue reading →

Episode 382: Contested Landings, Orbital Drops, or playing hard to get!

The Blasters & Blades Podcast Just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-beep" and rhyme with Science Fiction & Fantasy. Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) Madam Stabby Stab (Uber …

The Man Who Jumped from Space

In the thin, freezing edge of Earth's atmosphere, long before private spaceflight captured headlines, one man stepped out of a balloon gondola and fell toward the planet below. Joseph Kittinger, a U.S. Air Force test pilot, made history in 1960 during Project Excelsior when he performed a daring hi…

August 16, 2026 - He Looked Down from Twenty Miles Up—and Jumped

Sunday, August 16, 2026 — National Tell a Joke Day What does it take to step into something when nobody can promise how it will end? Today we explore a battle named for a town in another state, Joseph Kittinger’s jump from 102,800 feet, and the night the Ramones’ classic lineup first took the stage…