Podcaster: Andy Poniros
Title: Interview with Colonel Joe Kittinger, American Hero and First Person to Skydive from more than 100,000 feet
TO SKYDIVE FROM MORE THAN 100,000 FT
Organization: Cosmic Perspective
Link : http://www.lift-off.us ;
https://wpkn.org/wpkn-programming/cosmic-perspective/
Twitter : @Andy_SSA ; Andy@lift-off.us
Intro Music: Revised Version of “A Piece of Space History”, by Andy Poniros
Closing Outro Music: “Funk 2001”, by Larry Benigno
Description:
I am honored to have met Joe Kittinger, & feel fortunate be able to share my interview with this American Hero with you….In the interview Colonel Kittinger discusses his experiences as a fighter pilot, prisoner of war, first person to gas balloon solo across the Atlantic, first person to parachute jump from more than 100,000 ft,… & his roll in helping Felix Baumgartner to break his own parachute jump record… Joe Kittinger died on Dec 9th 2022, but his legacy lives on as a Great American Hero.
“Cosmic Perspective Radio” is an Andy Poniros Production
Bio: Andy Poniros is a JPL / NASA Solar System Ambassador, Amateur Astronomer, Telescope Builder, Science Reporter and “Cosmic Perspective” host on www.WPKN.org
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