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FoxNews.com – Daredevil to Plunge From Outer Space in Supersonic Suit
Skydiving is dangerous — but not nearly as dangerous as skydiving from a plane in outer space.
That can kill you. The temperature can freeze your body, and the lack of air pressure can boil your blood.
Nonetheless, an Austrian daredevil named Felix Baumgartner plans to take the 23-mile plunge from the edge of space. And in the process, he hopes to become the first parachutist to break the sound barrier, plummeting toward the ground at 760 miles per hour.
But this is no stunt; it’s called the Red Bull Stratos project, and the engineers and scientists behind this attempt to break the record for the highest freefall ever…Read Full Article
DiscoveryNews.com – Space Skydiver Suit Revealed
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner wants to attempt a record-breaking free fall from 120,000 feet above the Earth. It’s not the kind of jump a person can do with a conventional sky-diving suit and helmet. After all, Baumgartner will break the speed of sound during his fall. He will need life-support…
New York Times Article on Red Bull Stratos
Ordinarily, Felix Baumgartner would not need a lot of practice in the science of falling.
He has jumped off two of the tallest buildings in the world, as well as the statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro (a 95-foot leap for which he claimed a low-altitude record for parachuting). He has sky-dived across the English Channel. He once plunged into the black void of a 623-foot-deep cave, which he formerly considered the most difficult jump of his career.
StratoCat – Joseph W. Kittinger and the Highest Step in the World
On August 16, 1960, US Air Force Captain Joseph W. Kittinger literally jumped into the pages of aviation history books when he stepped out of a balloon gondola at an altitude of 102,800 feet. For more than four and a half minutes, he plummeted towards the ground before finally opening his parachute at an altitude of 18,000 feet. No person had ever parachuted to Earth from a higher altitude.
PR Web – Sage Cheshire Aerospace to Make History with Red Bull Stratos Project
Lancaster, CA, USA – Aerospace Composites and Design company, Sage Cheshire Aerospace and Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner, along with Red Bull, are set to make history by going on a mission to the edge of space through the Red Bull Stratos Project.
Pressure Testing Capsule - At Sage Cheshire Facility
Red Bull Stratos – Sage Cheshire’s Feature Project Page
Felix Baumgartner & Red Bull with the services and aid of Sage Cheshire Aerospace and it’s world renown staff will embark upon the mission to the edge of space while setting new records, obtaining new data and discoveries for human flight.
Red Bull Stratos - Pressure Capsule at Sage Cheshire Aerospace - Credits: Red Bull Stratos