Mission Accomplished: Felix Baumgartner
RED BULL STRATOS
“Start the cameras and our guardian angel will take care of you.” - Words of wisdom from Col. Joe Kittinger before Felix stepped away from his capsule falling into the stratosphere.
After 9 minutes and 3 seconds (preliminary data) from jump to landing, Felix touched the ground safely with a perfect landing. He kneeled down in celebration of an accomplishment that took extraordinary dedication and training to get to this day.
Preliminary figures (awaiting official record data)
Altitude reached: 128,097
Total time from jump to landing: 9 min. 3 seconds
Freefall duration: 4 min. 19 seconds
Speed: 1137 km per hour
Tags: Red Bull Stratos, landing, Felix Baumgartne
That is bloody impressive 
Balls of unobtanium.
Watched it on the news this morning.
A few tense moments when he went into a spin (fear that he could pass out) and pity his visor fogged up causing him to pull the chute early.
Still very impressive!
Like his quote “Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are’‘
Still awesome mission…
impressive, but what happens to the balloon once it reaches its height limit??
Like his quote “Sometimes we have to get really high to see how small we are’‘
I bet you he spent 3 days trying to come up with something cool to say for his “Neil Armstrong moment”. 
impressive, but what happens to the balloon once it reaches its height limit??
I could be wrong, but I just assumed he would have turned the burners off or whatever, and the thing would slowly come back to earth?
Yeah there was something on a US newspaper live blogging event about it… the commented on its return to earth and then they ended the live blog
What happens to the balloon after Felix jumps?
After Felix has landed, Mission Control will trigger the separation of the capsule and balloon, so that the capsule can descend under its parachute. A nylon “destruct line” will release the helium so that the balloon returns to Earth. Then, the team will gather the envelope into a large truck, a process that can take several hours.
http://www.redbullstratos.com/technology/high-altitude-balloon/
What a legend. balls of unobtanium is correct. i like hiw tweet after it.
“I just jumped out of space. What the f*ck did you do with your day?”
Was that from the acct that was discredited? Or really from him?
Speed: 1137 km per hour
This is amazing and beyond greatness.
Putin dropped in before the drop
this guy must get all the bitchez 
what is with the **** it wasnt a swear
How’s this for a concern…
When Baumgartner lost control of his body during the early part of the jump, he feared going into a flat spin that would send blood away from the center of his body.
“At a certain RPM,” he said afterward, “there’s only one way for blood to leave your body, and that’s through your eyeballs. That means you’re dead. That was what we feared most.”