Welcome to the extreme sport of space-diving.
After some minor speed bumps, Daredevil adventurer Felix
Baumgartner’s plans to plunge 23 miles from the edge of space back to
Earth — a Red Bull-sponsored stunt that would be the world’s highest
freefall — is finally coming to fruition, the team announced Monday,
Feb. 6.
After successful rounds of vacuum chamber tests in Texas, the team
is now moving to Roswell, N.M., for the mission’s final phase of
preparations, said Art Thompson, a team technical director who helped
develop the B-2 Stealth bomber.
