Joseph Kittinger
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Kolonel Joseph William Kittinger II (27 Juli 1928 – 9 Desember 2022) adalah pilot dan perwira militer di Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat. Ia terkenal untuk partisipasinya dalam Proyek Manhigh dan Proyek Excelsior dan menjadi orang pertama yang melakukan penyebrangan Samudra Atlantik dengan balon udara.
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[sunting | sunting sumber]- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939169,00.html Diarsipkan 2007-05-04 di Wayback Machine.
- USAF People, Colonel Joe Kittinger Jr. Diarsipkan 2007-02-19 di Wayback Machine.
- USAF Museum Fact Sheet
- Overview of his life Diarsipkan 2010-03-16 di Wayback Machine. for Centennial of Flight
- Interview with Kittinger Diarsipkan 2007-03-05 di Wayback Machine.
- Airman Quarterly (Magazine of America's Air Force) article "Leap of Faith"
- Forbes article "Adventurer: One Giant Step"
- Forbes article "Above His Peers" Diarsipkan 2012-11-12 di Wayback Machine.
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty article "Aviation Pioneer Recognized For Parachute Jump From Edge Of Space"
- Details of his Big Jump from a stratospheric balloon in 1960
- Details of the MANHIGH-I mission that take him to the stratosphere in 1957
- Details of the STARGAZER mission that take him along with William C. White to the stratosphere in 1962
- Huang, Jian (1997). "Speed of a Skydiver (Terminal Velocity)". The Physics Factbook.
- "Ask a Rocket Scientist" article about jump, future attempts, and the science behind it.
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