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Video of Baumgartner’s Supersonic Free Fall
By Robert Mackey
October 15, 2012 12:15 am October 15, 2012 12:15 am
Video highlights of an Austrian daredevil’s plunge to earth from the edge of space on Sunday.
Last Updated, 11:59 a.m. As my colleague John Tierney reports, Felix Baumgartner, a former Austrian paratrooper, made the highest and fastest jump in history on Sunday, after ascending by a helium balloon to an altitude of 128,100 feet.
Stepping from a capsule tethered to the balloon, the daredevil plunged to Earth, reaching a maximum speed measured at 833.9 miles per hour, or Mach 1.24, becoming the first human to break the sound barrier under his own power, before opening his parachute.
The jump was broadcast on live television and streamed on a one-minute delay on YouTube, where it was watched by millions of viewers. A 90-second highlight reel, which includes images shot from the sky-diver’s suit, was posted online by the sponsor, the Austrian energy drink company Red Bull.
More video from a camera mounted on the suit, showing the jump from the diver’s perspective as he attempted to stop spinning during the freefall above the planet, was broadcast by Servus TV, Red Bull’s Austrian television channel.
Video shot from an Austrain daredevil’s suit as he plunged to Earth on Sunday, broadcast by Servus TV, Red Bull’s Austrian channel.
The Guardian uploaded video of the entire four-and-a-half-minute jump, taken from the live broadcast.
After the jump, Ms. Baumgartner described his emotions in video posted online by The Telegraph, while standing in front of a banner that read “Mission Accomplished.”
Remarks by Felix Baumgartner after his jump, in video posted online by The Telegraph.
Although the total cost of the Red Bull Stratos project was not revealed, it was believed to be somewhat more than the $400 two Canadian teenagers spent to send a Lego man bearing a Canadian flag about 80,000 feet above the Earth’s surface in January.
A Canadian legonaut journeyed 80,000 feet above the Earth and back again, and has the video to prove it.