<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joseph Kittinger">Joseph Kittinger</a> parachutes from a balloon over <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico" id="mwATQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, United States, at <span about="#mwt46" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"102800"},"2":{"wt":"ft"},"3":{"wt":"m"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwATU" typeof="mw:Transclusion">102,800 feet (31,300</span><span about="#mwt46" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt46">m)</span>, setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_fall" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Free fall">free fall</a>, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.