Free Fall Felix Baumgartner Completes Red Bull Stratos 2012 Free Fall from

Space from Space

By Joshua Mhoon

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Felix Baumgartner Completes Red Bull Stratos 2012 Free Fall from Space

• Felix Baumgartner came in first at the Red Bull Stratos Free Fall competition on Sunday, October 14th, 2012. He broke

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First Record

• His first record was breaking the sound barier which is 639 miles per hour (pretty fast) but he traveled 833.9 miles per hour.

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Second Record

• His second record was how high he dropped from his balloon.

• He departured his balloon at 128.100 feet above the Earth and more than 24 miles high.

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Regular Parachutes

• Most people open their parachutes when they are between 2,000 and 3,500 feet in the air. How did he do it when it was -65 degrees and his heat was not working at this altitude and how fast he was coming down?

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Flipping Around

• In the air at one moment for ten seconds he was doing flips and spinning like a bottle. Luckily he found control over himself. If he didn’t stop spinning he could have stopped breathing or died.

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Third and final record

• His final record was opening his parachute. He opened his parachute 100 feet after the record before him.

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Conclusion

• Now he is probably the most notable person this whole year.

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