Man prepares to break world's longest free fall

7-13-2006 • Space.com

Dubbed "The Big Jump", Fournier is eyeing next month for his supersonic free fall from about 130,000 feet—roughly 25 miles above the Earth. The dive from a balloon-carried gondola is slated to take place above the plains of Saskatchewan, Ca

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