![]() In a message posted Tuesday on their website, the sponsors said that "after a successful leap into near-space, Felix and his team want to give the world information that will help put people safely in these hostile environments and rejuvenate the old space race spirit." He is being financed in the world-record attempt by the Austrian beverage company Red Bull. The balloon is scheduled to take off when the weather allows it later this year from Roswell, New Mexico in the southwestern United States, where Baumgartner plans to land after deploying his parachute. ![]() He is aiming at two other world records as well: the highest manned balloon flight and the free fall of longest duration, which is estimated at 5 minutes, 30 seconds. "I like a challenge," Baumgartner said in a statement Tuesday.īaumgartner's previous free fall ventures have included jumping from the top of the World Financial Center T101 in Taipei and from the Christ the Redeemer statue that overlooks Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.īaumgartner, 41, plans to make the jump this year. ![]() He also hopes to become the first person to break the sound barrier without an aircraft, the organizers of the event announced. (Los Angeles, USA) - Austrian athlete Felix Baumgartner plans to try to break the world free fall record by jumping from a helium balloon nearly 37,000 meters (120,000 feet) off the ground.
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