Alan Eustace Jumps From Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Record

Friday, October 24, 2014 - 16:40 in Astronomy & Space

A helium-filled balloon lifted Alan Eustace, a Google executive, to more than 25 miles above the earth. Fifteen minutes after he cut himself loose, he was on the ground.

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