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http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/10/red-bull-stratos-jump/

http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/10/red-bull-skydive-delay/ (earlier story)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/9595760/Skydiver-Felix-Baumgartner-attempts-to-break-sound-barrier-live.html

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Austrian_eyes_record_jump_from_edge_of_space_in_US_999.html
 
Is cancel do strong winds, had almost ripped the ballon during filling.
next attempt is for thursday
 
Next attempt is tomorrow morning (14th of October). Time tentatively set for 8.00 AM Eastern Standard Time (around 1.00 PM GMT, if I'm not mistaken).

EDIT: Live video link originally from wired.com article;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrIxH6DToXQ&feature=player_embedded
 
Space-jump-skydive-red-bull-stratos-felix-baumgartner.jpg



He made first supersonic sky jump and landed save !
a new Hero
 
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19943590

Austrian Felix Baumgartner has broken the record for the highest ever skydive by jumping out of a balloon 128,000ft (39km) above New Mexico.

The 43-year-old was hoping also to break the sound barrier during his descent - although that mark awaits confirmation.

Video cameras relayed the moment Baumgartner stepped from his balloon capsule to begin his fall to Earth.

It took 10 minutes for him to reach the desert surface below.

Only the last few thousand feet were negotiated by parachute.

Helicopter recovery teams have gone to the Austrian's landing site to return him to the mission control centre set up at Roswell airport.

Baumgartner's efforts have finally toppled records that have stood for more than 50 years.

BBC News

EDIT: http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/10/felix-baumgartner-jumped/
 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21341485

Austrian Felix Baumgartner fell even faster during his historic skydive last October than was originally thought.

Subsequent analysis has revealed that the daredevil attained a speed of 1,357.6km/h (843.6mph) when he leapt from his stratospheric balloon.

It is about 15km/h (10mph) above what was initially reported.

Baumgartner's stated aim was to become the first person to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle. This he did. His final Mach number was 1.25.

But although his vertical velocity has been revised upwards, the 43-year-old's jump altitude has been corrected downwards slightly.

The additional analysis shows the Austrian stepped out of his special capsule at 38,969.4m (127,852.4ft), a reduction from the previous estimate of 39,045m (128,100ft).

Baumgartner's "space jump" was made over the New Mexico desert, US, on 14 October. Millions across the world followed his progress on internet video feeds as he climbed slowly into the sky in his five-storey-high helium balloon, before making a rapid, 10-minute descent to Earth, with just under five of those minutes spent in freefall.

The biggest moment of drama came when the Austrian went into a spin as he hurtled towards the ground, turning at a maximum rate of 60 revolutions per minute.

He had to use all the skills picked up in more than 2,500 career skydives to recover a stable configuration and complete the dive safely.

Baumgartner's feats bettered the marks set 50 years previously by Joe Kittinger.

The now-retired US Air Force colonel leapt from a helium envelope in 1960. His altitude was 31,300m (102,800ft), but his top speed was just short of the sound barrier.

Kittinger, now an octogenarian, was integral to Baumgartner's team, providing the Austrian with advice and encouragement throughout the project.

Although the jump had the appearance of a stunt, the Austrian and his group of experts continually stressed its high scientific relevance.

The researchers said it provided invaluable data for the development of high-performance, high-altitude parachute systems, and that the lessons learned would inform the development of new ideas for emergency evacuation from vehicles, such as spacecraft, passing through the stratosphere.

"Together, we proved that a human in freefall can break the speed of sound returning from near space, going through a transonic phase and landing safely on the ground," said Dr Jonathan Clark, a former space shuttle flight surgeon and the Red Bull Stratos medical director.

"That was a big part of the programme, and monitoring the mission was a meaningful event in aerospace medicine and physiology."

The revised data will now be submitted to the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI), the official world body that oversees these types of records:

Maximum Vertical Speed*: 1,357.6km/h (843.6mph/Mach 1.25)

Previous estimate: 1,342.8km/h (833.9 mph/Mach 1.24)

Highest Exit (Jump) Altitude: 38,969.4m (127,852.4ft)

Previous estimate: 39,045m (128,100ft)

Vertical Freefall Distance*: 36,402.6m (119,431.1ft)

Previous estimate: 36,529m (119,846ft)

*without drogue or stabilisation device
 
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPERSONIC_SKYDIVER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-10-24-15-55-55

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11187385/Google-executive-breaks-Felix-Baumgartner-s-space-jump-world-record.html
 
Just watched the report on the BBC News Channel, an amazing attempt, he went Supersonic and created a mini sonic boom in the process. So I wonder what will happen next? will they keep on going higher and higher or will this be the last one.
 
FighterJock said:
Just watched the report on the BBC News Channel, an amazing attempt, he went Supersonic and created a mini sonic boom in the process. So I wonder what will happen next? will they keep on going higher and higher or will this be the last one.

I have an issue of popsci somewhere with an article on space jumps being the next new extreme sport. Basically you get in an Ironman style space suit and jump from 300k feet.

Thing is I think being in space would be the more exciting part. Col.kittinger described the first part of his jump as having very little sensation of speed so even though the jump would be nearly 3 times longer im not sure it would be three times as exciting.

Still just the idea of a space jump would be enough to get plenty of people to put down deposits.
 
To celebrate Air Force Day, two IAF personnel on Friday achieved a new record of the highest skydive landing at Khardungla Pass in Leh at an altitude of 17982 feet, breaking its past record.


Notice @admin that I didn't know where to put this. It seems there is no dedicated thread for some SecretSkydiving?!
 
To celebrate Air Force Day, two IAF personnel on Friday achieved a new record of the highest skydive landing at Khardungla Pass in Leh at an altitude of 17982 feet, breaking its past record.


Notice @admin that I didn't know where to put this. It seems there is no dedicated thread for some SecretSkydiving?!

You could just start a new thread...
 
At first glance, this may look like a publicity stunt, but it has a much deeper strategic message to Chinese "invaders." This exhibition jump demonstrates that India can insert forward air controllers and artillery spotters high in the Himalaya Mountains, well above roads. Landing at 17,000 feet above sea level is no small feat. Consider that the civilian organization "Skydive Everest" lands at 12,000 or 15,000 feet above sea level. Few American jumpers train above Leadville Airport, Colorado (10,000').
 

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