Felix Baumgartner's Free Fall from the Edge of Space

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[BrianEn]

I watched that. Very exciting to watch.

[ExomatrixTV]

~I saw it went to 9.000.000+ live stream viewers on youtube alone!

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9608140/Felix-Baumgartner-watch-the-jump.html

~even better:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/14/felix-baumgartner-lands-safely-record?newsfeed=true

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[ghostrider]

That was awsome !! freefall from space to earth, one giant leap for mankind without Nasa , love it ...

[pyrangello]

This jump yesterday was indeed way cool, watched the entire event, I was a little worried looking at that balloon being inflated so much at 128,000 ft, it looked like it was going to bust, especially since they said the material was 1/10th the thickness of a freezer bag. What an acheivement and an accomplishment this was, Said a prayer for Mr. B before he took the leap.

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[rgray222]

You've seen Felix Baumgartner's harrowing jump from 128,100 feet above Earth's surface, but you haven't seen it like this. This new exhilarating video shows you what it was like from Felix's point of view with perfect clarity.

Fast forward to the 1:40 mark for the action.

The feat is just as incredible now as it was in 2012. However, this new perspective is simply stunning. Be forewarned: You might get a little bit of vertigo watching what it's like to free fall at the speed of sound.

Recommend that you put the video on full screen.


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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYw4meRWGd4

[Kimberley]

WOW!!!!!!!! Fun to watch.

[ghostrider]

Look at the beautiful energy field around our beautiful earth , the blueish hue ... awesome

[sirdipswitch]

WOW, I WANNA DO THAT!!! chuckle chuckle. yah right, I would pass out. No longer in shape to do that kind of stuff.

Did you noticet, that it was when he started spinning like a bullit, that his speed increased to over the speed of sound. And then when he stableized, his speed came back down.

One of the things I also noticed was the STARS, in the space shots. Quite unlike the Apolo Moon missions. hmm.

Did you also notice how much Earth looked like Mars, at only 24 miles high??? another, hmm. And, has NASA ever produced any pictures of Mars, from 50,000 feet??? Or the Moon??? hmm. Wonder what Mars or the Moon, would look like, from 50,000 feet???

Thanks for the post rgray222, it is these kinds of posts that help one improve their "pondering" abilities. ccc.

[conk]

Thank you for that! Did you notice his heart rate? Wow.

Everyone should see the world from that view. Maybe most of us would realize we all live in the same home, just running from room to room fighting over the last porkchop.

[KyleCrater]

Amazing video!

[Verdilac]

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I know this is quite a few years old but At 1.12 into the proceedings a white object zooms over, just visible from out of the hatch. It maybe a satellite but could have spelled disaster if it wasn't.

Its interesting when slowed down and watched on full screen.

Apologies if this has been posted before.

[Bill Ryan]

It's a meteor... it travels vertically downwards. Download it in 720p using keepvid.com (http://keepvid.com), and then step through it frame by frame. The sequence starts at 1:12.67 (i.e. just after 1:12).

http://projectavalon.net/Felix_Baumgartner_meteor.jpg

[Verdilac]

Ah I see. Keepvid is a really good tool, thanks very much for sharing .

Can you imagine what Felix must have been thinking when he saw that, assuming that he did catch it.

I liked the parts after he put his legs out of the pod and just sat there admiring the views for a few moments, a class act.

[EFO]

Hi Verdilac,
I watched that jump broadcasted live in 2012 by an Arabic tv network (MBC - on BADR4 satellite) and I was impressed and frightened when Baumgartner start spinning uncontrolled after he left the pod. 40 km diving is something...

Off topic:Any Video Converter (http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/) is an other interesting tool no matter the website.Thank you Mr. Ryan for Keepvid,looks interesting and deserves a look.

[Bill Ryan]

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Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Dies in Paragliding Accident

https://explorersweb.com/skydiver-felix-baumgartner-dies-in-paragliding-accident

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Austrian extreme skydiver Felix Baumgartner, the first person to break the sound barrier during a freefall jump, has died in a paragliding accident.

Baumgartner, 56, was paragliding in Italy’s central Marche region yesterday when he lost control and crashed. He fell to the ground near a hotel in the town of Porto Sant’Elpidio. The town’s mayor, Massimiliano Ciarpella, said that reports suggest Baumgartner may have suffered a cardiac arrest while flying.

The man who jumped from the edge of space

Baumgartner is best known for a 2012 jump (https://explorersweb.com/new-film-documents-historic-jump-from-the-edge-of-space/) in which he skydived from a balloon on the edge of space. The project, called Red Bull Stratos, resulted in several firsts. Leaping almost beyond gravity in a custom suit, Baumgartner plunged toward Roswell, New Mexico, faster than the speed of sound.

During a nine-minute descent, he set three world records, including Maximum Vertical Speed (1,357.6kmph, 843.6mph/Mach 1.25), Highest Exit Jump Altitude (38,969.4m, 127.852.4ft), and Vertical Distance of Freefall (36,402.6m, 119,431.1ft).

https://explorersweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/red-bull-stratos.jpgBaumgartner jumps out from the capsule 38km above Earth during the final manned flight for Red Bull Stratos on October 14, 2012.

A former Austrian military parachutist, Baumgartner had a long career spanning thousands of jumps. In 1999, he parachuted from the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, and in 2003, he flew across the English Channel using a carbon fibre wing.