Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Daredevil freefalls from 29,455m above ground

An Austrian skydiver has successfully completed a freefall attempt by jumping out of a stratospheric balloon from 29,455 metres above the ground.

Felix Baumgartner was completing a final test jump in Roswell, New Mexico before he attempts to be the first person to break the speed of sound in a freefall from a balloon on the edge of space.

According to preliminary data, his test jump from the 150,079 cubic-metre balloon was completed in three minutes and 48 seconds at speeds of up to 862 km/h.
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