Final data from Baumgartners epic freefall released
Felix Baumgartner's epic supersonic freefall has reached even greater heights now with the Red Bull Stratos science team releasing data that he may have reached an even faster speed than what was originally declared. Baumgartner's record-breaking maximum vertical speed, after thorough research by the team is now being pegged at 1,357.6kmph, up from the previous 1342.8kmph. The jump altitude is also now revised to 38,969.4m from the previously rated 39,045m.
The entire documentation process was finalized after the science team conducted a private peer review at the California Science Centre on January 23 where the attendees included NASA astronauts, U.S. Air Force officers, and representatives from commercial aerospace companies such as Virgin Galactic, Northrop Grumman, SpaceX, XCOR, Sierra Nevada Corporation and more. Also revealed were the final figures submitted for records approval â€" including the slight upward revision in Baumgartner's supersonic speed. Baumgartner now officially is the first human being to break the sound barrier in a freefall, a dream he has nurtured every since he started life as a professional jumper.