ROSWELL, N.M. — A well-known computer scientist parachuted from a balloon near the top of the stratosphere Friday, falling faster than the speed of sound and breaking the world altitude record set two ...

In part 1 of this interview series with parachute world record holder Alan Eustace, we discussed breaking the sound barrier, how he kept his jump project so secret and his otherworldly view from the ...

Google exec, Alan Eustace, has broken the 128,100-ft (39,045-m) high-altitude skydive record set by Felix Baumgartner in October, 2012 (with much less fanfare). Jumping from a balloon at 135,890 ft ...

Google executive Alan Eustace set skydiving records when he leapt from a balloon at the edge of space above the New Mexico desert, Friday. Jumping from an altitude of 41,419 meters, Eustace broke the ...

A senior Google executive has broken Felix Baumgartner's skydiving record, just over two years after it was set. Alan Eustace, who is the firm's senior vice president of knowledge, jumped from 135,889 ...