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Live Feed: Watch Felix Baumgartner Make The Highest Skydive In History
Update: October 14th, 2012, 1322: A successful jump! Congratulations to Felix and the Stratos crew!
History is being made this morning in Roswell, New Mexico, as Felix Baumgartner rises quickly through the atmosphere to in a specialized helium balloon.
This is the team's third attempt after weather conflicts during the week. Mr. Baumgartner plans to break the record for the highest and fastest skydive, rising to an altitude of 120,000 feet before falling from the sky. For the mission he's been outfitted with a special space suit that will supply oxygen and pressure during the flight, and he'll wear that throughout the fall.
More than the record for highest skydive is on the line though. If successful, Mr. Baumgartner will be the first human being to cross the sound barrier during free fall, reaching a speed of over 700MPH.
The entire event is being live streamed (with a several second delay) at the above feed, and you can see more details over at the Red Bull Stratos page.
Godspeed, Felix.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Greg Shea Oct 14th 2012 2:10PM
Yes, the visor has a "heating issue. Too hot, not heating at all?
Will his face freeze, what?
Grant Martin Oct 14th 2012 1:48PM
It's heat to defog his visor. Apparently it's not serious enough to scrap the mission though...
Jonathan Oct 14th 2012 10:21PM
This was one amazing jump. Congrats to Felix and crew. You are our heroes.
www.beyondcareersuccess.com
Cierra Jordyn Oct 15th 2012 4:25AM
I have to do a presentation of the poem, but I have no idea what it is about! PLEASE HELP! If possible, could you do a line-by-line analysis, I would really appreciate it!
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