Felix Baumgartner is going to skydive from space today. At Popular Science, editor Jennifer Bogo is on site and live blogging the whole thing. As of 12:18 Central time, Baumgartner was in his capsule and preparing for the inflation of the balloon that will carry him into the stratosphere. From which he will jump.

  • awjt

    OK, how long does it take him to go up there from the ground?

    • igpajo

      I want to say I heard it takes about 2 hours to reach altitude.  Then about 20 minutes to descend.

  • http://ae4rv.com/ royaltrux

    It’s been called off. Maybe tomorrow but the weather looks dicey.

  • http://illustratorhints.com/ Jesseham

    I’m missing what everyone is so excited about.  Dude’s gonna strap on a bunch of expensive shit (and sponsor logos) and jump out of a plane.  Is this really such a big deal?

    • nowimnothing

      I think it’s the image of him jumping out of what looks like a space capsule, wearing a space suit with a black sky background. Could be a small stepping stone for astronaut emergency re-entry procedures. Also reminds one of the Star Trek movie.

    • skimedic

      He’s going to jump from a balloon at 120,000 feet and fall fast enough to break the sound barrier.  Sounds exciting to me…  Not as exciting as Kittinger’s jump, but still pretty awesome.