Not in a rocket, but in a giant helium balloon,

不是乘坐火箭,而是坐一个很大的氦气球

to determine the risks of high-altitude bailoutsfrom air or spacecraft.

冒险在接近太空的地方进行跳伞

The balloon took Kittinger over 19 miles into thestratosphere.

他到达了19英里(31千米),高达平流层

That's twice the height that I reached.

这是我到达高度的两倍

Then Kittinger did something astonishing.

然后奇廷格做了一些令人很惊讶的事情

He jumped! This is the actual moment.

他跳下来了!这是一个真实的时刻

He fell to Earth

他落到了地球上

reaching a speed of almost 620 miles an hour,

速度达到了1000公里每小时

and yet he had no sense of speed.

但是他几乎什么都感觉不到

I had no ripple of the fabric on my pressure suit

我的耐压服上的布没有褶皱

and it was a very weird sensation.

这是一种超自然的感觉

I had no visual reference of anything

我看不到任何东西做为参考

so I thought I was really suspended in space.

所以我觉得像是停留在太空里

Kittinger had fallen at great speed

奇廷格下降得如此之快

as he plunged toward the troposphere, thick with clouds,

当他穿过对流层厚厚的浓云

floating over a New Mexico desert.

飘过了新墨西哥沙漠

Finally, he opened his parachute.

最后，他打开了降落伞

His jump remains the longest freef all in history.

这仍是历史上最高的自由落体