Sep 8 1958

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Unmanned ONR balloon carried telescope and camera to an altitude of 104,600 feet.

Wearing a Goodrich lightweight full-pressure suit, Lt. R. H. Tabor (USN) completed a 72-hour simulated flight in pressure chamber at NAS Norfolk, in which he was subjected to altitude conditions as high as 139,000 feet.

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