The Big Jump on French TV news

 

The Big Jump (Le Grand Saut) is a project which is to enable parachutist Michel Fournier to simultaneously beat 4 records by jumping from a nacelle carried by a balloon to an altitude of 40 km: altitude record for freefall, altitude record for human balloon flight, time record for longest freefall and speed record for fastest freefall. This feat is guided by French astronaut, Jean-François Clervoy. The 13:00 television news, on French television channel France 2, is to report on this project tomorrow, Friday 5 February.

The official website of The Big Jump

Published on 4 February 2010

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