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Question: Vesna Vulovic survived the longest fall on record ... Vesna Vulovic survived the longest fall on record without a parachute when her plane exploded and she fell 6 miles, 551 yards. What is this distance in meters? (Give your answer to the nearest meter.)
Austrian Felix Baumgartner has broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000ft (24 miles, 39km) above New Mexico. The adventurer plummeted at an estimated 833.9mph (1,343km/h), hitting Mach 1.24. Video cameras relayed the moment Baumgartner stepped from his balloon capsule to begin his fall to Earth. It took about 10 minutes for him to reach the desert surface below. Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute. Helicopter recovery teams have gone to the Austrian's landing site to return him to the mission control centre set up at Roswell airport.