October 2012 Skydiver Felix Baumgartner took part in the now world-famous Red Bull Stratos “spacejump” which saw the 42-year-old daredevil set world records for the highest manned balloon flight and highest freefall.
February 2013 The Red Bull Stratos project released new figures which reveal that Baumgartner didn’t fall quite as far as previously believed (127,852.4 ft. instead of 128,100 ft.); however, Baumgartner apparently fell notably faster than previously reported. While it was originally believed that Felix reached a top speed of 833.9 mph, the Austrian actually reached a maximum speed of 843.6 mph. source
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