Felix Baumgartner’s Skydive

On Sunday evening, Felix Baumgartner leapt from a capsule floating 39km above the Earth’s surface, breaking the records for distance skydived as well as speed reached during free-fall, with a sound-barrier breaking top speed of 833.9mph (1342kmph)!!!

The Austrian daredevil spent over 2 hours rising to the height of 39km; it took him only 9 minutes and 3 seconds to return to Earth. Of that time, 4 minutes 20 seconds were spent in freefall, during which he covered a distance of 36,529m! For the descent he wore a full-pressure suit made by the company that prepares the flight suits of astronauts. Felix claimed not to have had any strong experience of breaking the sound-barrier, and scientists are continuing to research its impact on the human body.

Watch the highlights of his jump here:

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[The above article was also the source for this post]

There was also a point during the jump when Felix began to spin almost out of control – fortunately, he had enough experience to bring himself under control again, but the footage taken from his head-cam is incredible (if dizzying). Watch it at the same link above.

In a media conference afterwards, Felix said, “Let me tell you – when I was standing there on top of the world, you become so humble. You don’t think about breaking records anymore, you don’t think about gaining scientific data – the only thing that you want is to come back alive.”

Felix’s Jump

AWESOME!