On October 24 , 2014 , Eustace made a jump from the stratosphere , breaking Felix Baumgartner 's 2012 world record . The launch-point for his jump was from an abandoned runway in Roswell , New Mexico , where he began his gas balloon-powered ascent early that morning . He reached a reported maximum altitude of , but the final number submitted to the World Air Sports Federation was . The balloon used for the feat was manufactured by the Balloon Facility of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Hyderabad , India . Eustace in his pressure suit hung tethered under the balloon , without the kind of capsule used by Felix Baumgartner . Eustace started his fall by using an explosive device to separate from the helium balloon
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Alan Eustace