{"id":22636,"date":"2012-07-27T11:25:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T08:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=22636"},"modified":"2012-07-27T11:25:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T08:25:05","slug":"austrian-skydiver-felix-baumgartner-hopes-to-break-sound-barrier-during-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/austrian-skydiver-felix-baumgartner-hopes-to-break-sound-barrier-during-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner hopes to break sound barrier during fall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner hopes to break sound barrier during fall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Daredevil and skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped on Wednesday with a balloon at an altitude of 29 km above the Earth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and fell at rate of over 800 km per hour.<\/h1>\n
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The 43-year-old skydiver Felix Baumgartner\u00a0plunged to Earth\u00a0from an altitude of about 96,640 feet (29,450 meters) – more than 18 miles. Austrian daredevil landed safely near Roswell, New Mexico.<\/p>\n

It’s the second stratospheric leap for fearless Felix Baumgartner. He’s aiming for a record-breaking jump from 125,000 feet (38,100 meters), or 23 miles, in another month. The skydiver Baumgartner\u00a0hopes to go supersonic, breaking the speed of sound with just his body.\u00a0Longtime record-holder Joe Kittinger jumped from 102,800 feet in 1960 for the Air Force. Two days ago Kittinger has monitored Felix Baumgartner’s test jump.<\/p>\n

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Red Bull Skydiving \/ Felix Baumgartner plans to set the world record for highest skydive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Austrian daredevil ascended in an enclosed capsule lifted by a giant helium balloon. He wore a full-pressure suit and used parachutes.<\/p>\n

Fearless skydiver Felix Baumgartner completes stratospheric leaps<\/h2>\n

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner told before the jump : ‘\u00a0The pressure is huge, and we not only have to endure but excel.\u00a0We’re excellently prepared, but it’s never going to be a fun day. I’m risking my life, after all. ‘<\/p>\n

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner has jumped more than 2,500 times from planes and skyscrapers and now, he’s training for his biggest leap yet: a 120,000-foot jump to break a 52-year old record.<\/p>\n

Felix Baumgartner strapped into a capsule and rose by helium balloon more than 18 miles above Roswell, N.M. and jumped. 96-thousand feet is three times higher than jetliners cruise.\u00a0Felix Baumgartner spent 4 minutes in freefall, reaching a top speed was 536 mph, and landed safely in the desert.<\/p>\n

Pushing the sound barier \/ Felix Baumgartner prepares to break sound barier<\/h3>\n

Skydiver star Baumgartner has commented : ‘ It\u2019s hard to believe it, if you put it that way, but I love it,\u201d added the 43-year-old adventurer, who is looking forward to the historic jump that will also collect important data for the advancement of medical science. \u201cWill I break the sound barrier this summer? We think it\u2019s possible, and I\u2019m putting everything into making it happen. ‘<\/p>\n

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Pilot Felix Baumgartner successfully completed a test jump in New Mexico<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Air Force Captain Joe Kittinger in 1960 rose in an open-air gondola and jumped from 102,000 feet – 19 miles high – still the highest, fastest and longest skydive on record. Felix\u00a0Baumgartner wants to top that record, with help from his training partner and mentor – now 83-year-old Joe Kittinger.<\/p>\n

Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner says : ‘ I love the challenge.\u00a0That’s the reason I became a skydiver, and as soon as I was a skydiver, I was looking for a challenge. … And based on all these results, we should be ready for the big one. ‘<\/p>\n

This is not just a crazy publicity stunt. NASA is following Baumgartner’s efforts carefully, and wirh each jump, Felix Baumgartner is trying to advance the science of survival in high altitude.<\/p>\n\n

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Daredevil and skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped on Wednesday with a balloon at an altitude of 29 km above the Earth and fell at rate of over 800 km per hour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":715,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,63,17,1,118,85,127,167,14],"tags":[29502,29503,29500,29505,29506,29513,29511,29510,29507,29508,29512,29514,29501],"class_list":["post-22636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-europe","category-general","category-hot","category-media-news","category-sport","category-technology","category-world","tag-austrian-skydiver-felix-baumgartner","tag-daredevil-felix-baumgartner","tag-felix-baumgartner","tag-felix-baumgartner-breaks-sound-barrier","tag-felix-baumgartner-joe-kittinger","tag-felix-baumgartner-record-jump","tag-felix-baumgartner-sound-barrier","tag-felix-baumgartner-space-jump","tag-felix-baumgartner-stratospheric-leaps","tag-felix-baumgartner-test-jump","tag-felix-capsule","tag-red-bull-stratos-jump","tag-skydiver-felix-baumgartner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/715"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22636\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}