www.euronews.com The world's first supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner described his 38.6 kilometre jump from the edge of space as "like hell" but has taken his place in the history books with three new world records. Clad only in a spacesuit - allbeit a very sophisticated one - he free-fell towards the Earth, reaching speeds of up to 1343kmh and breaking the sound barrier at Mach 1.24. The Austrian's suit contained safety features but he didn't want to use them. He explained why: "There was a period of time when I really thought, I'm in trouble. I have a manual push button, where I can release a drogue parachute, which pulls me out of a flat spin, but at the same time I knew if I pushed that button, this is all over, we are not going to fly supersonic. "Its hard when you fall down at that speed you have to make that decision, somehow you have to make that call, do I push that button and stay alive or do I fight all my weight down and break the speed of sound and after a couple seconds I had that feeling, I get it under control and I did. That's the reason why we broke the speed of sound today." The descent took just over nine minutes, about half of it in freefall. Baumgartner opened his parachute about a kilometre above ground and landed gently in the New Mexico desert. Fearless Felix jumped exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in a rocket powered plane. His feat provided valuable data for future space exploration. Technical Project ...
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www.euronews.com The world's first supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner described his 38.6 kilometre jump from the edge of space as "like hell" but has taken his place in the history books with three new world records. Clad only in a spacesuit - allbeit a very sophisticated one - he free-fell towards the Earth, reaching speeds of up to 1343kmh and breaking the sound barrier at Mach 1.24. The Austrian's suit contained safety features but he didn't want to use them. He explained why: "There was a period of time when I really thought, I'm in trouble. I have a manual push button, where I can release a drogue parachute, which pulls me out of a flat spin, but at the same time I knew if I pushed that button, this is all over, we are not going to fly supersonic. "Its hard when you fall down at that speed you have to make that decision, somehow you have to make that call, do I push that button and stay alive or do I fight all my weight down and break the speed of sound and after a couple seconds I had that feeling, I get it under control and I did. That's the reason why we broke the speed of sound today." The descent took just over nine minutes, about half of it in freefall. Baumgartner opened his parachute about a kilometre above ground and landed gently in the New Mexico desert. Fearless Felix jumped exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in a rocket powered plane. His feat provided valuable data for future space exploration. Technical Project ...
www.euronews.com The world's first supersonic skydiver Felix Baumgartner described his 38.6 kilometre jump from the edge of space as "like hell" but has taken his place in the history books with three new world records. Clad only in a spacesuit - allbeit a very sophisticated one - he free-fell towards the Earth, reaching speeds of up to 1343kmh and breaking the sound barrier at Mach 1.24. The Austrian's suit contained safety features but he didn't want to use them. He explained why: "There was a period of time when I really thought, I'm in trouble. I have a manual push button, where I can release a drogue parachute, which pulls me out of a flat spin, but at the same time I knew if I pushed that button, this is all over, we are not going to fly supersonic. "Its hard when you fall down at that speed you have to make that decision, somehow you have to make that call, do I push that button and stay alive or do I fight all my weight down and break the speed of sound and after a couple seconds I had that feeling, I get it under control and I did. That's the reason why we broke the speed of sound today." The descent took just over nine minutes, about half of it in freefall. Baumgartner opened his parachute about a kilometre above ground and landed gently in the New Mexico desert. Fearless Felix jumped exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in a rocket powered plane. His feat provided valuable data for future space exploration. Technical Project ...
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