Project ManHigh

Balloon rising over the airport Fleming field Balloon ascending over Fleming Field (Image: USAF)

In 1957-1958, the U.S. air force conducted a series of stratospheric flight at the altitude of about 30 km, called "Man High" (original name "Daedalus"). The project was implemented by the center of development of missile armament of the air force and can be found here a field laboratory located on a U.S. air force base Holloman in new Mexico.

The objectives of this project was to test life support systems, monitoring the status of the pilot, ejection and landing, the study of cosmic radiation and the effect of conditions of high-altitude flight on the human body.

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