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www.readinga-Joe Kittinger:An Unsung HeroA Reading AZ Level W Leveled BookWord Count:1,622Joe Kittinger:An Unsung HeroVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Ned JensenLEVELED BOOK WWritten by Ned JensenJoe Kittinger:An Unsung HeroLevel W Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Ned JensenAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover,pages 5,7(all),8,10,11,16(center):courtesy of U.S.Air Force;back cover,title page,pages 11,15,16(top),17,19,20,22,24:courtesy of the family of Joseph Kittinger;page 3:AP Images;page 4(top left,top center,top right):courtesy of Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA;page 4(center left,bottom left):courtesy of NASA;page 12:U.S.Govt Airforce/National Geographic Stock;page 14:Ross D.Franklin/AP Images;page 18:Corbis;page 21:courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S.Air Forcewww.readinga-Joe Kittinger:An Unsung HeroCorrelationLEVEL WS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRASpecial thanks to Colonel and Mrs.Kittinger for their contributions to the manuscript and providing photographs from their personal archive.2324Glossaryaccelerated increased in speed(p.11)aeronautics the work or study of flight(p.19)altitude the measure of distance above Earth(p.6)cosmonaut a Russian term for a space traveler(p.5)elongated long in comparison with its width(p.12)gondola a boat-like enclosure(p.8)hostile unfriendly(p.10)invaluable so helpful that it cannot be priced(p.6)near-fatal almost resulting in death(p.16)obsessed completely occupied with thinking about something(p.14)solitary imprisonment with no confinement interaction with other people allowed(p.18)stratosphere a layer of the sky that is between 9.5 and 48 kilometers(630 mi)above Earths surface(p.6)IndexAtlantic Ocean,20Eisenhower,D.D.,22Gagarin,Yuri,4,6Karman Line,13Kittinger,Joe,(records)distance,19 flight missions,17 high altitude,6,13,16,22 skydiving,13,17 speed,11,12 transatlantic,20NASA,6Orlando,Florida,14,15Project Excelsior,612Project Man High,6,16sound barrier,11U.S.Air Force,6,15,19Vietnam,17,18Joe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level WWritten by Ned JensenJoe Kittinger:An Unsung HeroLevel W Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Ned JensenAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Front cover,pages 5,7(all),8,10,11,16(center):courtesy of U.S.Air Force;back cover,title page,pages 11,15,16(top),17,19,20,22,24:courtesy of the family of Joseph Kittinger;page 3:AP Images;page 4(top left,top center,top right):courtesy of Marshall Space Flight Center/NASA;page 4(center left,bottom left):courtesy of NASA;page 12:U.S.Govt Airforce/National Geographic Stock;page 14:Ross D.Franklin/AP Images;page 18:Corbis;page 21:courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S.Air Forcewww.readinga-Joe Kittinger:An Unsung HeroCorrelationLEVEL WS4040Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRASpecial thanks to Colonel and Mrs.Kittinger for their contributions to the manuscript and providing photographs from their personal archive.2324Glossaryaccelerated increased in speed(p.11)aeronautics the work or study of flight(p.19)altitude the measure of distance above Earth(p.6)cosmonaut a Russian term for a space traveler(p.5)elongated long in comparison with its width(p.12)gondola a boat-like enclosure(p.8)hostile unfriendly(p.10)invaluable so helpful that it cannot be priced(p.6)near-fatal almost resulting in death(p.16)obsessed completely occupied with thinking about something(p.14)solitary imprisonment with no confinement interaction with other people allowed(p.18)stratosphere a layer of the sky that is between 9.5 and 48 kilometers(630 mi)above Earths surface(p.6)IndexAtlantic Ocean,20Eisenhower,D.D.,22Gagarin,Yuri,4,6Karman Line,13Kittinger,Joe,(records)distance,19 flight missions,17 high altitude,6,13,16,22 skydiving,13,17 speed,11,12 transatlantic,20NASA,6Orlando,Florida,14,15Project Excelsior,612Project Man High,6,16sound barrier,11U.S.Air Force,6,15,19Vietnam,17,18Joe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W2122ConclusionThe dictionary defines a hero as someone who commits an act of bravery or who shows great courage when undertaking a task.Based on this definition,Joe is certainly a hero.Many heroes in fields like exploration become well known,with their names appearing in the news and in textbooks.Joe Kittinger is not a name that comes to mind in connection with space exploration.In this sense,Joe is an unsung hero.His early work with high-altitude balloons was not undertaken for the purpose of setting records,but rather for the benefit of pilots and astronauts.Despite being relatively unknown to the general public,Joe was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments.U.S.President Dwight D.Eisenhower awarded him the Harmon Trophy after Joe set the record for a high-altitude jump.Joe received many other awards and honors for his military,ballooning,and parachuting achievements,including the Silver Star,Distinguished Flying Cross,and Purple Heart.Joe is a man of extraordinary courage and bravery who made important contributions to the field of space exploration.Colonel Joe Kittinger,right,with President Eisenhower,center,after receiving the Harmon trophy.Joe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W34Table of ContentsIntroduction.4Jumping Joe .6Joe Sets Another Record.14More Records for Joe .19Conclusion .21Glossary .23Index .24Space exploration has many heroes.If you were asked to name a few,you might mention Yuri Gagarin,the first person to travel into space,or Neil Armstrong,the first person to walk on the moon.Or you might name Alan Shepard,John Glenn,or Sally Ride,all well-known American astronauts.But you probably would not include Joe Kittinger on your list.He is an unsung hero.However,many people regard Joe as a true pioneer of space exploration.Sally RideAlan ShepardJohn GlennYuri GagarinNeil ArmstrongIntroductionJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W34Table of ContentsIntroduction.4Jumping Joe .6Joe Sets Another Record.14More Records for Joe .19Conclusion .21Glossary .23Index .24Space exploration has many heroes.If you were asked to name a few,you might mention Yuri Gagarin,the first person to travel into space,or Neil Armstrong,the first person to walk on the moon.Or you might name Alan Shepard,John Glenn,or Sally Ride,all well-known American astronauts.But you probably would not include Joe Kittinger on your list.He is an unsung hero.However,many people regard Joe as a true pioneer of space exploration.Sally RideAlan ShepardJohn GlennYuri GagarinNeil ArmstrongIntroductionJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W2122ConclusionThe dictionary defines a hero as someone who commits an act of bravery or who shows great courage when undertaking a task.Based on this definition,Joe is certainly a hero.Many heroes in fields like exploration become well known,with their names appearing in the news and in textbooks.Joe Kittinger is not a name that comes to mind in connection with space exploration.In this sense,Joe is an unsung hero.His early work with high-altitude balloons was not undertaken for the purpose of setting records,but rather for the benefit of pilots and astronauts.Despite being relatively unknown to the general public,Joe was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments.U.S.President Dwight D.Eisenhower awarded him the Harmon Trophy after Joe set the record for a high-altitude jump.Joe received many other awards and honors for his military,ballooning,and parachuting achievements,including the Silver Star,Distinguished Flying Cross,and Purple Heart.Joe is a man of extraordinary courage and bravery who made important contributions to the field of space exploration.Colonel Joe Kittinger,right,with President Eisenhower,center,after receiving the Harmon trophy.Joe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W1920More Records for JoeAfter retiring from the Air Force in 1978,Joe continued his work in aeronautics.He also added to his other record-setting accomplishments by flying lighter-than-air balloons.He entered many competitions around the United States.Five years after his retirement from the Air Force,Joe set yet another record.He flew a helium-filled balloon from Las Vegas,Nevada,to Franklinville,New Yorka distance of 3,220 kilometers(2,000 mi).It took him 72 hours to fly the record-setting distance.In 1984,at the age of 56,Joe decided to go for another record.No one had flown a balloon alone across the Atlantic Oceanall the more reason for Joe to try it.On September 14,1984,he took off from the state of Maine and drifted eastward.Almost 84 hours and 5,633 kilometers(3,500 mi)later,he landed his balloon in Italy.Joe had set another record.Joe flew this balloon from Las Vegas,Nevada,to Franklinville,New York.Joe with the helium-filled balloon he flew across the AtlanticJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W56Joe Kittinger was neither an ordinary space explorer nor an actual astronaut or cosmonaut.However,what Joe did probably took more courage than that of any astronaut who climbed into a space shuttle or capsule and rocketed into space.What did Joe do that was so extraordinary?Lets find out.Jumping JoeBefore humans were zooming into space in rocket-propelled capsules,Joe Kittinger was flying high-altitude balloons into the very edge of space.It was all part of a U.S.Air Force project called Project Manhigh.The projects purpose was to test what would happen to humans who spent a long time in conditions similar to those found in outer space.In June 1957,Joe made his first balloon flight into the stratosphere and reached an altitude of 29,565 meters(97,000 ft).He was aloft for almost seven hours.The information gathered from high-altitude balloon flights by Joe and others was invaluable to NASAs planning for the first human space flights.Later,Joe was the engineer for Project Excelsior,a U.S.Air Force project to develop safe ways to escape from high-altitude aircraft and spaceships.In August 1960,a year before Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person considered to travel into space,Joe Kittinger accomplished an equally incredible feat.He rode in a balloon filled with helium gas to a distance of 31,333 meters(102,800 ft)above Earth.A typical passenger jet flies at about 9,144 meters(30,000 ft)above Earth.Joe went more than three times higher than passenger jets flyin a balloon!Joe KittingerJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W56Joe Kittinger was neither an ordinary space explorer nor an actual astronaut or cosmonaut.However,what Joe did probably took more courage than that of any astronaut who climbed into a space shuttle or capsule and rocketed into space.What did Joe do that was so extraordinary?Lets find out.Jumping JoeBefore humans were zooming into space in rocket-propelled capsules,Joe Kittinger was flying high-altitude balloons into the very edge of space.It was all part of a U.S.Air Force project called Project Manhigh.The projects purpose was to test what would happen to humans who spent a long time in conditions similar to those found in outer space.In June 1957,Joe made his first balloon flight into the stratosphere and reached an altitude of 29,565 meters(97,000 ft).He was aloft for almost seven hours.The information gathered from high-altitude balloon flights by Joe and others was invaluable to NASAs planning for the first human space flights.Later,Joe was the engineer for Project Excelsior,a U.S.Air Force project to develop safe ways to escape from high-altitude aircraft and spaceships.In August 1960,a year before Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person considered to travel into space,Joe Kittinger accomplished an equally incredible feat.He rode in a balloon filled with helium gas to a distance of 31,333 meters(102,800 ft)above Earth.A typical passenger jet flies at about 9,144 meters(30,000 ft)above Earth.Joe went more than three times higher than passenger jets flyin a balloon!Joe KittingerJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W1920More Records for JoeAfter retiring from the Air Force in 1978,Joe continued his work in aeronautics.He also added to his other record-setting accomplishments by flying lighter-than-air balloons.He entered many competitions around the United States.Five years after his retirement from the Air Force,Joe set yet another record.He flew a helium-filled balloon from Las Vegas,Nevada,to Franklinville,New Yorka distance of 3,220 kilometers(2,000 mi).It took him 72 hours to fly the record-setting distance.In 1984,at the age of 56,Joe decided to go for another record.No one had flown a balloon alone across the Atlantic Oceanall the more reason for Joe to try it.On September 14,1984,he took off from the state of Maine and drifted eastward.Almost 84 hours and 5,633 kilometers(3,500 mi)later,he landed his balloon in Italy.Joe had set another record.Joe flew this balloon from Las Vegas,Nevada,to Franklinville,New York.Joe with the helium-filled balloon he flew across the AtlanticJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W1718After setting the world record for his high-altitude parachute jump,Joe went to Vietnam and flew combat missions.He served three combat tours during the war and flew a record-breaking 483 flight missions.In 1972,on his 483rd flight,his luck ran out when he was shot down.That became his last flight in combat.Joe was able to eject from his crashing jet and parachute safely to Earth.Unfortunately,he landed behind enemy lines,30 miles northwest of Hanoi,North Vietnam,and was captured immediately.For the next 11 months,Joe was a prisoner of war held by his captors in the infamous“Hanoi Hilton”prison.Joe was placed in solitary confinement for 30 days.During his time as a prisoner,Joe occupied his mind by planning every detail of a balloon flight around the world a flight that no human had accomplished.Think About ItImagine being a prisoner for nearly a year and not being allowed to be around other prisoners.What would you do during your time in confinement to keep your mind occupied?Joe posing with his jetfighterJoe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W78Okay,so thats pretty incredible,isnt it?But get thisnext,Joe stepped out of the balloon!At 31,333 meters(102,800 ft)above Earth,he stepped out of the open gondola into the emptiness of space.He wasnt going for a space walk.Instead,he jumped out and began falling back to Earth.Do You Know?Joe piloted 93 different types of aircraft that included planes and balloons.He flew 5,300 hours in jet-plane flight and about 1,000 hours flying combat missions.He parachuted 101 times,with three of those jumps from balloons at very high altitude.Joe Kittinger:An Unsung Hero Level W78Okay,so thats pretty incredible,isnt it?But get thisnext,Joe stepped out of the balloon!At 31,333 meters(102,800 ft)above Earth,he stepped out of the open gondola into the emptiness of space.He wasnt going for a space walk.Instead,he jumped out and began falling back to Earth.Do You Know?Joe piloted 93 different types of aircraft that included planes and balloons.He flew 5,300 hours in jet-plane flight and about 1,000 hours flying combat missions.He parachuted 101 times,with three of those jumps from bal
