Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Freefall | Red Bull Stratos | BBC Earth Science

Journey back to the stratosphere with fearless daredevil Felix Baumgartner, 11 years after his extraordinary leap from space redefined the limits of human courage and exploration.
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00:00 Making A Custom Spacesuit
03:02 Simulating Conditions
06:02 Breaking The Sound Barrier
09:33 Dilemma At 100,000 Ft
13:02 Felix Jumps From The Stratosphere

[@BBCEarthScience]

If given the chance, would you take the leap? 👨‍🚀

[@TheMilanMovies]

Jeez that was quite emotional to watch.. The fact that he regained control after he spun so much is mind-blowing!

[@fromnorway643]

Regaining control got easier as he fell into denser parts of the atmosphere because he could then use his arms and legs as "rudders."

[@eyemastervideo]

I remember seeing this and was impressed. I can't believe some people thought this was a somewhat easy jump, as if he's just slightly higher than other parachute jumps. This is very impressive and required a lot of thought and science!

[@joemasserini]

The fact that we would drop one of our own from 128,000 ft just to see what happens is one of my favorite things about humans. It also has massive "Risky Dads" and "Humans Are Space Orcs" energy lol

[@firstlady3674]

Watched this a few times and it still hits me - so elated from pure happiness!

[@ilkku239]

Seeing Joe being proud of Felix's achievement somehow brought me tears of happiness.

[@Tonino_O]

That was absolutely amazing

[@snakeman7999]

Beautiful

[@Emdee5632]

His record breaking maximum altitude jump (39 km) was broken again two years later by Alan Eustace (41 km). Although you do need a full pressure suit, 40 km is not even halfway into whatever definition you are using for reaching space.

[@jojeanajaxon]

Isn't space like about 200 some odd miles up? Sorry i don't know kilometers. Maybe like 360 something km? I'm probably way off tho Forgive me, im american lol. 😄

[@fromnorway643]

@@jojeanajaxon The most common definition is 100 km or 62 miles, but it's worth noting that there isn't really any sharp boundary since the atmosphere just gets thinner and thinner until we call it space.

[@jojeanajaxon]

This is the stuff of dreams and nightmares. Personally for me....nightmares lol.

[@tmelinoe]

Yeah, this is more effective than any horror fiction could possibly ever be for me lol

[@kennygrande9478]

Just watch Drop Zone w Wesley to get a glimps at how hard it is just to jump at Simi normal altitudes.

[@graniteiii]

Made in Worcester, Massachusetts 🇺🇸 By the David Clark company 🚀

[@dogwalker666]

Do you pronounce that like the original Worcester?

[@Vpzoe]

1960 - Col. (Ret.) Joe Kittinger

[@pajosfi]

why stillfish eye

[@bertmeyers]

There goes the flat earth theory

[@ThatTimeTheThingHappened]

Is he really traveling at supersonic speeds? Doesn’t the speed of sound differ when the air density is less that far from earths surface?

[@wrenengels7435]

Yes, and yes.

[@fromnorway643]

The speed of sound is mostly determined by the air's _temperature,_ not by its density. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Comparison_US_standard_atmosphere_1962.svg

[@khc8800]

Quite the smallest manmade vehicle to travel in.

[@underheydrated]

i just want to know who paid for all this lmao

[@Reelin_In_The_Years]

Have a look at the title of the video... there's a clue in there...

[@shuttle461]

So many people and children starving in the world and these people wasting money on these stupidities!

[@sebastiannolte1201]

Red Bull (who paid for this stunt) also have a Formula 1 team, and that cost much more for one season than this jump. So do you make such a comment also when it comes to motorsport? Or in the commenst for the trailer of a new Hollywood blockbuster, that cost millions of dollars?

[@shuttle461]

@@sebastiannolte1201 that also is an extravagance for today's world. I don't justify this waste of money on something that do not contribute to many people's needs in the world.

[@computerjantje]

old news. Why is this posted here?

[@fkdhjfghdsjkghjkfhgkfjd]

Who cares? If we can't look at the past, we're bound to make the same mistakes.

[@computerjantje]

@@fkdhjfghdsjkghjkfhgkfjdwell there you say it. If there is one thing that history tells us than it is that we do not learn from history at all.

[@dogwalker666]

It's an archive channel not a news channel.

[@zafera8251]

It's new to me.

[@Emdee5632]

It's still an impressive jump. Although it's not fair that Alan Eustace, who fell from 2 kilometers higher 2 years later, got far less media attention.

[@maxsager139]

No woke, no ju de.