Explorer II
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Explorer II reached over 21,945 meters (72,000 feet) in 1935.
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On November 11, 1935, Stevens and Anderson ascended in Explorer II from the Stratobowl, a smooth hollow in South Dakota’s Black Hills. They reached 21,945 meters (72,395 feet), a world altitude record that would stand for two decades.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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SI-A-43421
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1935
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