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Comms • Apollo Communications Carrier worn by all Apollo of 2012, Baumgartner jumped from a capsule 128,000 feet astronauts on lunar missions, providing clear and reliable above earth (at that time a world record), suspended in space communications with mission control on Earth. by a balloon. He became the ? rst human being to break • Standard Full-Pressure Suits worn by pilots of vari- the speed of sound outside a vehicle. Baumgartner landed ous high-altitude aircraft such as the F-4, F-15, XB-70, by parachute safely in the New Mexico desert. The David

HL-10, X-24, U-2, AND SR-71 Blackbird. Clark Company suit performed ? awlessly. • Shuttle Advanced Crew Escape Suits and Launch Perceived by most as a “record breaking stunt” by thrill-

Entry Suits worn by space shuttle astronauts. seeking adventurists, the effort was actually the culmina- • Contingency Hypobaric Astronaut Protective Suit tion of a detailed design, development, test and evaluation (CHAPS) and variants such as SALUS for commercial (DDT&E) effort to advance the state of the art for aerospace space ? ight. crew protective equipment, vehicles and related escape sys- • Orion Crew Survival Suit (OCSS) to support NA- tems. The jump from such an extreme altitude provided the

SA’s emerging missions beyond low earth orbit, to the company with important data and information on the per- moon and beyond. formance capabilities of its suit and occupant—information that has since been used to enhance the design and manu-

The Red Bull jump facture of subsequent suits for military pilots and astronauts.

Among the many other accomplishments not listed above, “Our support of the Red Bull Stratos Program was an one of the most high-pro? le was the design and manufacture opportunity for us to showcase our ongoing commitment of the pressure suit worn by skydiver and adventurist Felix to enhance the safety and performance of those who work

Baumgartner for the Red Bull Stratos Program. In October in challenging environments every day, whether they be ex- 24 | MN August 2023