Red Bull Stratos - Felix Baumgartner ready for freefall from edge of space -- Homepage Photos -- Red Bull

Mission Red Bull Stratos Lifts off in Roswell, New Mexico

on Feb 8, 2012

Views
Date: Feb 8, 2012
Photographer
Participants
Events
Copyright
About this Image: Together with a team of aerospace experts, Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner is ready to rise to the challenge of the Mission Red Bull Stratos. His aim is to jump from a balloon in the stratosphere from an altitude of 36,576 meters (120,000 feet) and perform a record-breaking freefall. Baumgartner wants to become the first person to break the speed of sound without the protection of an aircraft while simultaneously collecting data never obtained before for the advancement of medical science. After testing in an elaborate altitude (vacuum) chamber in Texas, the mission has moved on to a decisive phase at Roswell, New Mexico.