The world record skydiving nearly 39,000 meters! crossed the sound barrier

The Austrian Felix Baumgartner broke the world record skydiving nearly 39,000 meters! According to a spokesman for Red Bull, he even crossed the sound barrier, which is a first. He did it! Felix Baumgartner entered history by being the first man to make a skydive over 39,000 meters and cross the sound barrier. At this distance, the Austrian lunged to conquer his extraordinary human challenge. A bet that is a dream of all astronauts world and realized that the parachutist Sunday in New Mexico. After a rise in altitude during 2:10 to reach 36 km, Baumgartner has stabilized for about ten minutes before finally leaving his capsule after 2:37 minutes for a descent that lasted nine minutes and three seconds, 4 minutes 44 seconds after the Austrian opened his parachute above the desert of New Mexico. During this descent, the adventurer reaches a top speed of 1,100 km / h from a spokesman for Red Bull, Sarah Anderson, he crossed the sound barrier after a few tens of seconds and was then open his parachute after a total of 4 minutes 19 seconds of freefall. It reached a maximum speed of 1137 km / h, which is a first. Baumgartner's feat was followed by seven million users. Reached the programmed altitude after a long checklist, he jumped into the empty head forward and reached its maximum speed fairly quickly after a few tens of seconds. He then opened his parachute and landed safely, quickly joined by members of his team by helicopter. During its descent, Felix Baumgartner also broke two other world records: the highest altitude reached by a man in a balloon, and the record for the highest skydive, held since 1960 by a former colonel in the Air Force American Joe Kittinger (which jumped from 31,333 m). " Let your guardian angel taking care of you , "he said before the jump Kittinger, who was part of the Red Bull Stratos. The Austrian, trained for five years for jump risky. The greatest danger for him to lose control and start rotating on itself, resulting in a loss of knowledge that could be fatal. The strength of his pressure suit was also essential. Red Bull Stratos mission, with a staff of 100 people, also hoped with this jump, contribute to medical research in aeronautics, for possible future astronauts and space tourists.