Boing Boing » skydive http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 23:53:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Highlights of the Felix Baumgartner Red Bull Stratos "free-fall from space" http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:45:34 +0000 Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/?p=187528

A highlight reel of yesterday's spectacular skydive from the edge of space. As blogged during the event, and reimagined in LEGO and cat GIF form, Austrian parachuter Felix Baumgartner dropped out of the stratosphere yesterday from a pressurized capsule, for the Red Bull Stratos mission. The successful jump (and, landing!) set world records for the highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight in history. Early specs, via Red Bull's Facebook page: Altitude: 128,097 ft. Duration of freefall: 4:19. Total jump time: 9:03. Speed: 1137 kmh. No beans. (via Laughing Squid)]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/15/highlights-of-the-felix-baumga.html/feed 19