Joseph Kittinger jumping out of a balloon at 102,800 feet, he was in freefall for 4½ minutes and reached a maximum speed of 614 mph. Music video by Scotlands Boards of Canada using very rare footage of BAD ASS MOVIE Very well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The jump set records that still stand today, among them, the highest parachute jump, the longest freefall, and the fastest speed ever attained by a human through the atmosphere. Somewhat in contention is Kittinger's use of the small parachute for stabilization during his record setting fall. Roger Eugene Andreyev, a Russian, is touted as holding the world's free fall record of 80,325 feet (24,483 meters), made on November 1, 1962.