The Height of Flight

THE HEIGHT OF FLIGHT THERMOSPHERE 440 miles 249 miles / 1,314,720 ft INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 240 miles - 230 miles - 220 miles - 216 miles /1,227,034 ft HELEN SHARMAN ---- --- ---- --- 210 miles - 203 miles / 1,071,840 ft YURI GAGARIN ----- 200 miles 100 miles 90 miles / 475,200 ft AURORA BOREALIS ---- ---- --- --- 90 miles 80 miles - The "Edge of space" as defined by the FAI - Above 69 miles /367,442 ft 70 miles - SPACESHIPONE ---------- --- this line aircraft would 67 miles /354,200 ft X-15 have to fly faster than orbital velocity to generate enough lift to stay aloft. 62 miles / 328,084 ft ELVES 60 miles - 60 MILES / 314,961 ft 60 miles / 311,680 ft METEOR SHOWERS RED SPRITES 50 miles - MESOSPHERE 51 miles 45 miles / 237,600 ft SPRITE HALOS 278,871 ft 40 miles / 209,974 ft TSAR BOMBA 40 miles - 32 miles / 173,900 ft HIGH-ALTITUDE BALLOONS STRATOSPHERE 30 miles- 27 miles /147,638 ft 31 miles BLUE JETS 164,042 ft 25 miles / 135,890 ft PARACHUTE JUMP (GOOGLE ALAN EUSTACE) 24 miles / 130,000 ft 23 miles /125,523 ft Castle Bravo ---- ---- -- MiG E-266M 18 miles / 96,860 ft 20 miles- NASA Helios HPO1 16 miles / 85,135 ft SR-71 13 miles / 68,986 ft HIGHEST MANNED HOT-AIR BALLOON ---- ---e ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 11 miles / 60,000 ft 11 miles /60,000 ft NAGASAKI (FAT MAN) CONCORDE 10 miles / 56,000 ft HIROSHIMA (LITTLE BOY) 8 miles / 43,000 ft 10 miles- AIRLINER ---- ---- . 7 miles / 37,000 ft RUPPELL'S VULTURE 7 miles / 39,370 ft TROPOSPHERE 7 miles ANTONOW AN-70 5 miles / 29,029 ft MOUNT EVEREST 32,808 ft 0.5 miiles / 2,722 ft BURJ KHALIFA ---- --- ---- -- Sources eoljsc.nasa.gov www.fai.org www.physlink.com science.ksc.nasa.gov eu.ucar.edu www.guinnessworldrecords.com science.nationalgeographic.com www.sciencescene.com www.windows2universe.org www.britannica.com Fly to Dubai www.theozonehole.com solar-center.stanford.edu www.sciencescene.com www.atomicarchive.com scribol.com www.flytodubai.co.uk www.heavens-above.com nenes.eas.gatech.edu www.albany.edu www.astronautix.com science.ksc.nasa.gov