Red Bull Stratos Sunday Jump Attempt Updated with Photos and Video

**3.40am** The jump in numbers per Jenny Winder:

Exit altitude: 128,100ft; 39,045m
Total jump duration: 9'03"
Freefall time: 4'20"
Freefall distance 119,846ft; 36,529m
Max velocity: 833.9mph; 1,342.8km/h; Mach 1.24

**3.02am** Here is a highlight reel from Red Bull of the jump that includes footage from the jumper's perspective:

**3.16pm** Video of the jump...


**2.28pm** Felix has jumped and landed safely. Here is a slideshow of some of the sceenshots I took of the coverage of the event:



In a few hours, Felix Baumgartner will step out of a capsule that is 120,000 feet above the ground and jump.

He is expected to reach 700 mph on his way down, and if all goes well, he will open a parachute and land some five minutes later.

This event may or may not take place this morning, and is dependent on the velocity of the winds aloft. I will replace the live player with a series of recorded videos as soon as they become available and if the jump takes place.


From the website:

Red Bull Stratos, a mission to the edge of space, will attempt to transcend human limits that have existed for 50 years. Supported by a team of experts Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120,000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a free fall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground. His attempt to dare atmospheric limits holds the potential to provide valuable medical and scientific research data for future pioneers.

The Red Bull Stratos team brings together the world's leading minds in aerospace medicine, engineering, pressure suit development, capsule creation and balloon fabrication. It includes retired United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who holds three of the records Felix will strive to break.

Joe's record jump from 102,800 ft in 1960 was during a time when no one knew if a human could survive a jump from the edge of space. Joe was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force and had already taken a balloon to 97,000 feet in Project ManHigh and survived a drogue mishap during a jump from 76,400 feet in Excelsior I. The Excelsior III mission was his 33rd parachute jump.

Although researching extremes was part of the program's goals, setting records wasn't the mission's purpose. Joe ascended in helium balloon launched from the back of a truck. He wore a pressurized suit on the way up in an open, unpressurized gondola. Scientific data captured from Joe's jump was shared with U.S. research personnel for development of the space program. Today Felix and his specialized team hope to take what was learned from Joe's jumps more than 50 years ago and press forward to test the edge of the human envelope.