Red Bull Stratos-phere Challenge

Felix Baumgartner reached a world record the last october 14th 2012, when he jumped from a capsule in the highest point a human jump, without any help.

Only images and data can really explains what he did.

It was called: Red Bull Stratos

 Red Bull Stratos Facebook page

 Red Bull Stratos Facebook page

Altitude: 128,097 ft Duration of freefall: 4:19 Total jump time: 9:03

Speed: 1137 kmh (Mach 1.24) 833 mph

 Red Bull Stratos official web page

 Red Bull Stratos Facebook page

 Red Bull Facebook page

Red Bull Stratos Facebook page

ACCORDING RED BULL STRATOS OFFICIAL WEB PAGE:

AUSTRIA'S FELIX BAUMGARTNER EARNED HIS PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS ON SUNDAY OCT 14 AFTER OVERCOMING CONCERNS WITH THE POWER FOR HIS VISOR HEATER THAT IMPAIRED HIS VISION AND NEARLY JEOPARDIZED THE MISSION.

BAUMGARTNER REACHED AN ESTIMATED SPEED OF 1,342.8 KM/H (MACH 1.24) JUMPING FROM THE STRATOSPHERE, WHICH WHEN CERTIFIED WILL MAKE HIM THE FIRST MAN TO BREAK THE SPEED OF SOUND IN FREEFALL AND SET SEVERAL OTHER RECORDS* WHILE DELIVERING VALUABLE DATA FOR FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION

Felix at the press conference said "I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record." Red Bull Stratos Facebook page