Felix Baumgartner, Space Jump Man

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Felix Baumgartner, Space Jump Man
Felix Baumgartner made ??history. The man's 43-year record of extraterrestrial plummeted as far as 39 kilometers. He falls to the earth than the speed of sound.

"It's a relief, 20 tons have been free from my shoulders. I prepare this mission for the past 7 years," said Baumgartner told ServusTV, Austria, quoted by AFP on Monday, October 15, 2012.

Previous Baumgartner will jump last week. But was postponed due to high winds. This mission only succeeded on Sunday, October 14, 2012 morning in Roswell, New Mexico, United States

Baumgartner holds some record freefall. He had jumped from the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

"When you're on top, you feel small, you want to just come back in a safe condition," said Baumgartner.

Baumgartner glide freely 3 minutes 43 seconds with a speed of 580 miles per hour before opening the parachute. He also became the only man who survived open parachute after jumping from a height of more than 21.7 km.

source :AFP