Monday, October 15, 2012

Red Bull Stratos 2012: Finally Felix Baumgartner Pulls Off A Record Breaking Skydive

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Last week I wrote about Felix Baumgartner and his record breaking jump. After a couple of cancels due to bad weather, the jump has been done now.

“Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are, Baumgartner is reported to have said shortly after completing the jump. I am so happy for him, and inspired.

 
Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth Sunday after a 38.6-kilometre jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, record-breaking feat that may also have marked the world’s first supersonic skydive.

Baumgartner came down in the eastern New Mexico desert about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule 39,044 metres, or roughly 38.62 kilometres, above Earth. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing, setting off loud cheers from jubilant onlookers and friends inside the mission’s control centre in Roswell, New Mexico.

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