Baumgartner took off in a pressurized capsule carried by helium balloons are very thin 55-layer in the course of more than two hours into the stratosphere. Then he jumped into the air almost vacuum without oxygen to begin the free fall the fastest and most distant from the highest passenger balloons.
His efforts had twice postponed last week due to high winds. Baumgartner almost did jump on Tuesday (9/10), but the launch was canceled at the last moment, when he was in a giant helium balloon capsule awaits completion pumped. Blowing winds dropping the balloon.
There is a live broadcast on the Internet about the activities of nearly 30 cameras inside the capsule, and land a helicopter, according to Xinhua.
After a delay due to weather for a few hours on Sunday morning, the balloon was finally airs from the launch pad at 9:20 pm local time, and Baumgartner was in the capsule hanging beneath the balloon.
Shortly after launch, the screen shows the monitoring mission the capsule when the balloon went up as high as 3,000 feet, well above the New Mexico desert. Meanwhile, a crowd of people who witnessed the giving spirit in the land.
Baumgartner, who was nicknamed "Felix Without Fear", planned to jump from a height of 35,052 feet in less than five minutes. Then he opened the parachute jump to end of 1524 meters altitude from the Earth's surface.
