After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier flying in an experimental rocket-powered airplane. Felix reached a maximum of speed of 1,342.8 km/h (833mph) through the near vacuum of the stratosphere before being slowed by the atmosphere later during his 4:20 minute long freefall. The 43-year-old Austrian skydiving expert also broke two other world records (highest freefall, highest manned balloon flight), leaving the one for the longest freefall to project mentor Col. Joe Kittinger.
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Austria’s Felix Baumgartner earned his place in the history books on Sunday Oct 14 after overcoming concerns with the power for his visor heater that impaired his vision and nearly jeopardized the mission.
Baumgartner reached an estimated speed of 1,342.8 km/h (Mach 1.24) jumping from the stratosphere, which when certified will make him the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall and set several other records* while delivering valuable data for future space exploration.
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Red Bull Stratos – freefall from the edge of space
Red Bull Stratos is a mission to the edge of space that will try to surpass human limits that have existed for more than 50 years. Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet / 36,576 meters and make a record-breaking freefall jump in the attempt to become the first man to break the speed of sound in freefall (an estimated 690 miles / 1,110 kilometers per hour), while delivering valuable data for medical and scientific advancement.
First pictures, video will be IR, because of the detail allowed.
To exit capsule he has to dump pressure, suit will have ambient temperature, suit inflates by itself, which protects him.
What kind of camera can zoom in from ground level to over 80,000 ft and capture a detail that we are seeing, it is truly amazing!
Updates:
9:57am PST: Past 80,000+ ft
9:55am PST, Approaching 80,000 ft. breaking sound barrier, Mach 1, within the first 30 seconds, once he jumps, falling at hundreds of miles per hour.
9:54am PST: Moving south west, population builds in east, they don’t want to go over heavily populated areas.
9:52: 77,000+ Now moving slower, 17mph, moving south,
9:50am PST: 75,000+ ft and ascending. Reaching a level where the winds have turned around, pushing it back west, so that it is closer to the launch site. Capsule air 20-30%, dangerous over 30%,
at over 75,000 you can see the curve of the earth.
9:47 a.m. PST: now well past 73,000 ft. and past Armstrong Line at 63,000 ft., where the body’s fluids would begin to boil without the assistance of a pressurized capsule or suit.
concern of winds and rate of ascent, regarding the shift to the east.