Joseph Kittinger

Kolonel Joseph William Kittinger II () 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.

Pranala luar 

 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,939169,00.html 
 USAF People, Colonel Joe Kittinger Jr. 
 USAF Museum Fact Sheet
 Overview of his life  for Centennial of Flight
 Interview with Kittinger 
 Airman Quarterly (Magazine of America's Air Force) article "Leap of Faith"
 Forbes article "Adventurer: One Giant Step"
 Forbes article "Above His Peers" 
 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
 
 "Ask a Rocket Scientist" article about jump, future attempts, and the science behind it.

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