Man to jump 36,500 meters from Earth's surface

In October 2012, record-breaking skydiver Felix Baumgartner, backed by a team of world-leading scientists, engineers and physicians, will take a stratospheric balloon flight to 120,000 feet or 36,576 meters above the Earth’s surface – and jump.

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  1. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria seen before his jump at the first manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on March 15 2012. In this test he reach the altitude 21800 mete
  2. Infographic of Felix Baumgartner
  3. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria (C) looks at the capsule prior to the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 23, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Red Bull Strato
  4. Crew members prepare the capsule for the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 23, 2012. (Photo courtesy of Red Bull Stratos)
  5. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria hugs Capcom 1 USAF Col (ret) Joe Kittinger of the United States during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 25, 201
  6. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria celebrates after he lands at the desert during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 25, 2012. Red Bull Stratos is
  7. Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria steps out from the capsule during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 25, 2012. Red Bull Stratos is a mission to t
  8. The balloon lifts up during the second manned test flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on July 25, 2012. (Photo courtesy Red Bull Stratos)
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