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Felix Baumgartner

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Felix Baumgartner | Biography, Facts

 

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Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k' - Mission Highlights

 

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Baumgartner: I didn't feel sonic boom

 

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Felix Baumgartner's Everyday Routine

 

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The Balloon - Red Bull Stratos

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper. He is best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on 14 October 2012. Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25. He became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power relative to the surface on his descent. He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance without drogue, and vertical speed without drogue. Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet – or, 41.42 km (25.74 mi) with a drogue.
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