Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.

The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.

Joe's record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.

Although researching extremes was part of the program's goals, setting records wasn't the mission's purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe's jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe's jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.



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Aborted, lol

Fuck, they said it 2 minutes after I posted this.

They'll try again in 3 days or something.

sounds interesting, may i will watch the stream, can u keep us updated hours?

Jesus that guy is brave, if i were him i would probably pass out even before i got onto the ballon xD

The mission team is closely monitoring possible new launch days in Roswell, NM with the goal of achieving supersonic speed in freefall.

Visibility
Clear

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11.6 km/h
7.2 mph

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From East

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23 АC
73 АF



By information, he shall jump today.

"Date is tentatively set to oct 14"

I don't see what the big deal is with this. Sure it's nice, jumping from really high. But it's only 18,000 more feet than the previous jumper. The result will be the same, plus there's 50 years more technology than last time. Quite tame really...

In 50 years we can only increase the jump height by 18,000 feet? That's not very impressive.

Dude, if you don't think its impressive, you don't need to watch it or even care about it.

Culapou, thanks for telling me.

As far as I know he will be the first to break the sound barrier. So no one really knows what happens when a human does it.

And yea better cameras and such to have a nicer view, + there's the possibility of death.. live on stream. Some people watch it to see if he survives.