Red Bull Stratos 2012: First Manned Test Flight Completed

 

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    16 MAR 2012
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    On March 15 at 8:10am local time, Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team successfully completed the project's first manned test flight at Roswell, New Mexico. After the capsule was lifted by a helium balloon to an altitude of 21,818 metres, Baumgartner started a freefall that lasted 3 minutes and 33 seconds before reaching the optimum height of 2,405m to deploy his parachute and float safely back to Earth...

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