Felix Baumgartner, who is going to jump from a height of 36 kilometers, “warmed up” the interest in the topic of parachute jumping from the stratosphere.

On Tuesday, October 9, Baumgartner had to postpone the jump, despite the fact that he had already taken a seat in the stratospheric balloon gondola. This decision was influenced by an unexpected gust of wind reaching a speed of 40 km / h, which twisted the fragile shell of the stratospheric balloon and pressed it to the ground.

As it became known Felix Baumgartner made his highest jump from the stratosphere. During his flight, which lasted 4 minutes and 20 seconds, Felix overcame the speed of sound.

F. Baumgartner said that during the jump he began to rotate, which could pose a danger to him, however, he managed to stabilize the position of his body. “The jump turned out to be more difficult than I thought,” he noted after landing.

Also F. Baumgartner said that he did not feel the transition of the sound barrier in any way, but this was fixed by special equipment and now Felix Baumgartner is the first person in the world, a parachutist, to overcome the speed of sound. With which I congratulate him.

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Below is a list of 10 people who have made and are only intending to make a parachute jump from the stratosphere.

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Felix Baumgartner made a jump from a height of 29,455 meters and landed safely near the city of Roswell in the US state of New Mexico. During the free fall, he reached a speed of 862 km per hour. This leap was made in preparation for the world record, which Baumgarten intends to set, or "Fearless Felix", as he is called in Austria. Thus, the Austrian managed to implement his long-planned plan: to block the achievement of the Soviet parachutist Yevgeny Andreev, who on November 1, 1962 jumped from a balloon from a height of 25.5 kilometers. In January 2010, it was reported that Baumgartner had signed an agreement with Red Bull and was about to parachute from 120,000 feet (36.6 kilometers) in a hot air balloon, which, if successful, would make him the first skydiver to jump sound barrier.

2

On November 1, 1962, he made a parachute jump from the Volga stratospheric balloon from a height of 25,500 meters. He covered 24,500 meters in free fall with a maximum speed of 900 kilometers per hour. Thus, he set the current world record for free fall height, taken into account by the International Aeronautical Federation.

3

As part of the Excelsior project, he made three parachute jumps from the stratosphere. The first jump was made from a height of 23,300 meters on November 16, 1959. Due to a malfunction, the stabilizing parachute did not open, and Kittinger fell into a tailspin. His body rotated at 120 rpm, the G-forces were about 5g, and Joseph passed out. The parachute opened with an automatic parachute deployment device. On December 11, he jumped again, already from a height of 22,760 meters, for which he was awarded the "Leo Stevens Parachute Medal". On August 16, 1960, the last jump took place within the framework of the Excelsior project from a height of 31,300 meters. Opening the brake parachute for stabilization, Joseph Kittinger fell for 4 minutes and 36 seconds, reaching a speed of 988 km / h (or 274 m / s) before opening the main parachute at an altitude of 5500 meters. The tightness of the right glove was broken, and his hand doubled in size. This jump received several records: the highest jump from a stratospheric balloon, the highest jump with a parachute, the longest fall with a drag parachute and the highest speed achieved during the fall. All these records are registered by the US Air Force, the FAI does not recognize them, due to the use of a stabilizing parachute during a jump.

4

On November 1, 1962, Dolgov, together with Evgeny Andreev, made a test jump from the Volga stratospheric balloon from a height of 25,600 m. According to the test program, he jumped in a sealed spacesuit with immediate parachute deployment. Descent from this height should have taken 38 minutes. But upon exiting the cockpit, the suit was depressurized, and although the parachute system worked normally, Colonel Dolgov died in the air.

5

In 1965-1966, American skydiver Nicholas Piantanida made three attempts to break the records set by Andreev and Kittinger, initiating the StratoJump project. On October 22, 1965, the first attempt took place, which lasted about 30 minutes. At an altitude of about 7 km, the balloon was damaged and the pilot escaped by parachute. During the second flight on February 2, 1966, the stratosphere rose to an altitude of 37600 m, setting a record that has not been broken so far. But Piantanida could not disconnect from the oxygen cylinder installed in the gondola and switch to the autonomous system of the spacesuit, so the jump had to be canceled. On command from the ground, the gondola separated from the stratospheric balloon and successfully landed by parachute. On May 1, 1966, the third flight took place, which ended in tragedy - during the ascent at an altitude of 17,500 m, the spacesuit was depressurized and the parachutist died.

6 Nikolay Nikitin

The first of the planned series of record jumps was performed by Honored Master of Sports N. Nikitin. It was August 20, 1957. After leaving the plane at an altitude of 15 383 meters, he flew in free fall 14 620 meters, setting new all-Union and world records for a day long jump.

7

On September 25, 1945, he made a long jump from the stratosphere. The athlete left the plane at an altitude of 13108.5 meters, stayed in free fall for 167 seconds and opened his parachute at an altitude of 1000 meters. All existing achievements were blocked, both in height and in the duration of the fall with an unopened parachute. In 1957 he set a new achievement by jumping from a height of 13,400 meters with an immediate deployment of the parachute.

8 Yu. G. Prilutsky, A.B. Verigo

On June 26, 1935, the stratospheric balloon "USSR-1-bis" was launched with a crew consisting of K. Ya. Zille, Yu. G. Prilutsky, AB Verigo. After completing the scientific program, at the beginning of the descent, it turned out that the shell of the balloon was damaged. Some time after entering the troposphere, when it became possible to safely open the hatch, Prilutsky and Verigo jumped out with a parachute. Zilla managed to land the lightweight gondola safely.

9 Gary Powers

American pilot who performed reconnaissance flights for the CIA. On May 1, 1960, a U-2 piloted by Powers at an altitude of 20 km near Sverdlovsk was shot down by surface-to-air missiles from the S-75 air defense system. The first missile launched by the S-75 air defense missile system hit the U-2, tore off the wing of the Powers plane, damaged the engine and the tail section, but the cockpit remained intact. The plane began to fall randomly from a height of over 20 kilometers. The pilot did not panic, waited for an altitude of 10 thousand meters and got out of the car. Then, at five kilometers, he set in motion a parachute, and landed safely. In fact, Powers made a parachute jump already in the troposphere, but his fall occurred from the stratosphere, and he left the plane at the border of the stratosphere.

10

An attempt by the French parachutist Michel Fournier to make, for the first time in the world, a jump from the stratosphere, from a height of 40 thousand meters, ended in failure in Canada. The balloon, created by Russian specialists, specially created for Michel Fournier's jump from a height of 40 thousand meters, took off without a sealed passenger capsule while Michel Fournier was going through the last stages of preparation for the jump: he breathed oxygen in the pressure chamber. Although Michel's jump did not take place, it can be attributed to one of the most ambitious in recent history. According to rumors, Michelle does not intend to give up, and therefore we wish him good luck.

Felix Baumgartner(Felix Baumgartner) - Austrian skydiver, made a successful jump from a height of 39 km.
The entire world watched the Red Bull Stratos mission live on the webcast. How Felix Baumgartner made a long jump from the stratosphere, overcame the speed of sound and landed safely near Roswell, New Mexico, after 4 minutes 19 seconds of free fall, reaching a top speed of 1342 km / h.

(30 photos + video of a jump from the stratosphere)

Felix Baumgartner became the first person in the world to jump from such a height and break the sound barrier in free fall, being out of technology.

During the mission, Baumgartner set three world records: maximum speed during free fall, free fall from the highest altitude and the highest manned balloon flight.

A huge balloon filled with helium lifted the parachutist's capsule into the stratosphere. The balloon is made of durable material, the area of ​​which is almost 15 football fields. (Photo by Red Bull)

Austrian Felix Baumgartner went to this jump all his life. He loves heights and has always dreamed of jumping with a parachute from a great height. As a child, he loved to climb trees, climbing to the very top. (Photo by Red Bull)

Felix began skydiving at the age of 16, and by the age of 43 he became a famous skydiver nicknamed “Felix the Fearless.” (Photo by Red Bull)

Helium fills a balloon to travel to the edge of space to overcome the speed of sound in free fall, in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on October 14, 2012. (Photo by Red Bull)

The capsule, which is the Austrian Felix Baumgartner, during a flight into the stratosphere at an altitude of 39 km. (Photo by Red Bull)

Protective spacesuit of the Austrian extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner. (Photo by Red Bull)

The jump was originally scheduled for Tuesday October 9, 2012, but in Roswell, New Mexico, where the stratospheric balloon was to be launched, a strong wind rose and the launch had to be postponed at the last moment. (Photo by Red Bull)

On Sunday 14 October 2012, the 2nd attempt to jump from the stratosphere took place. (Photo by Red Bull)

The stratospheric balloon was launched from Roswell Air Force Base in the United States, New Mexico. (Photo by Red Bull)

Felix Baumgartner walks towards the capsule in Roswell, New Mexico, USA, October 14, 2012. (Photo by Red Bull)

On Sunday, October 14, Baumgartner's capsule took off at 11:31 a.m. EST in Roswell, New Mexico. (Photo by Red Bull)

It took 2 hours and 20 minutes to climb to a height of 39,000 meters. (Photo by Red Bull)

It was planned that 43-year-old Felix will rise to a height of about 37 kilometers, but the Austrian exceeded the expected threshold by 2 kilometers.

Mission Control Center during a manned flight to the stratosphere of the Red Bull Stratos mission. October 14, 2012. (Photo by Reuters)

Felix the Fearless leaves the capsule at an altitude of 39 km and prepares to jump. (Photo by Reuters)

Felix before jumping out of the stratosphere, at that moment 8 million people watched the live broadcast. (Photo by Red Bull)

At the moment of the leap from the stratosphere, Baumgartner said: "The whole world is watching." (Photo by Reuters)

He became the first person in the world to overcome the speed of sound while outside of technology. In free fall, he reached an incredible speed of 1342.8 km / h before decelerating and deploying the parachute. (Photo by Reuters)

Felix Baumgartner: "Sometimes you have to climb very high to realize how insignificant you yourself are." (Photo by Reuters)

Felix landed safely by parachute in the New Mexico desert. The free fall of the stratonaut lasted 4 minutes 19 seconds. (Photo by Reuters)

Although he landed firmly on both feet, with joy he dropped to both knees and raised his hands in the air.

Felix hardly felt the passage of the supersonic barrier. Only for a few moments there was a feeling of loss of consciousness. The total cost of the project to organize the jump from the stratosphere was about $ 50 million.

During the flight, Felix was strongly twisted and if the record holder failed to stabilize his body position during the fall, he could lose consciousness and die. It was also not known how the human body would react to overcoming supersonic speed. But the Austrian skydiver Felich Baumgartner took a chance and made his dream come true by jumping from a stratosphere from a height of 39,000 meters, overcame the speed of sound and landed safely.

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There will always be daredevils who are attracted by mortal danger. Simple parachute jumps are not enough for them, give them such extreme so that the blood in their veins grows cold. What makes these madmen do unthinkable things? A thirst for fame, money, national recognition? In this article, are we going to share the tallest skydiving from the stratosphere?

World record to date

In 2014, Alan Eustace, vice president of Google, set a new world record. He jumped with a parachute from a height of 41 km. During the free fall, which took at most 5 minutes, he developed a speed of 1322.88 km per hour, which is greater than the speed of sound.

The ascent to such a height was accomplished thanks to a balloon filled with 1000 m 3 of helium. The journey to the stratosphere takes 4 hours, and the descent takes 15 minutes. The entire experiment was kept secret until Alan's landing. Today it is the highest parachute jump in the world.

The first words spoken by Eustace on the ground were: "It was a wild, wild ride." Later, he recalls that the worst thing was to climb. He held onto the module, pulling up his legs to maintain balance. At the time of the fall, he made two full turns around his head, after which he opened the parachute, which stabilized his position in the air.

Felix Baumgartner's jump

But the highest parachute jump in the world, made two years earlier, made a national sensation. The Australian extreme jumped from a height of 39 km. The uniqueness of this act was that it could be observed in real time. At that moment, 10 million viewers gathered at the TV screens.

It took months to prepare. On Day X, a huge helium balloon lifted the capsule in which Felix was sitting to a height of 39 km. It was originally planned that the jump would be made from a height of 31 km, but the extreme man managed to stop the ascent only after 8 km.

Free flight

Seeing the Earth from space is a real miracle available to the elite. And when the Earth is in the palm of your hand, and you are without a spaceship - it is simply impossible to imagine, much less to describe in words. To take a step towards the unknown and plunge into the abyss is the act of the most courageous people.

The free fall during the highest parachute jump was 4 minutes 20 seconds. During this time, the irreparable could have happened: Felix went into a terrible tailspin, he was spinning at a breakneck speed to such an extent that he almost fainted. For this fraction of a minute, he lost contact with the Earth.

The parachute flight lasted 10 minutes. The total descent time was about 15 minutes. The most interesting thing is that the viewers were shown the video broadcast with a delay of 20 minutes. This was done so that in the event of an accident, people would not see the bloody footage.

Other flights

All high-altitude flights made before this date back to the middle of the 20th century. All subsequent attempts up to 2012 - ended in failures.

The very first high-altitude flight can be considered the experiment of the crew of the stratospheric balloon "USSR-1-bis", which took place in 1935. Zille K. Ya., Prilutskiy Yu. G., Verigo AB collected scientific data. When they already started to decline, it turned out that the shell was damaged and all together they would not sit down. Then Prilutsky and Verigo jumped off with a parachute on the border of the troposphere and landed safely. And Zilla managed to land the aircraft.

In September 1945, another Soviet athlete made the highest parachute jump in the world at that time. It was Vasily Romanyuk. He climbed into the stratosphere to a height of 13,108.5 m and jumped. He was in free fall for almost three minutes. Romanyuk managed to open a rescue parachute at an altitude of 1,000 m. At that time it was a unique case that broke all high-altitude records. It turns out that an ordinary guy who was born on an average Ukrainian collective farm broke 18 records in his life. In 1957, he ascended into the sky again, this time - to the mark of 13,400 m. After a step down, he immediately opened his parachute, but the height record was set.

This man became an outstanding personality, and did much to make the experiment of Felix Baumgartner take place 50 years after his own leap. In 1959, the Excelsior project was launched. The plans were to make the three highest parachute jumps. The first was in November 1959. Then an altitude of 23,300 m was noted. There were some problems, and the stabilizing parachute did not open. Kittinger went into a tailspin and passed out. He was saved by the main parachute, which opened automatically.

A month later, Joseph tried again, which this time was successful. For a jump from a height of 22,760 m, he was awarded the "Leo Stevens Parachute Medal". A year later, the final experiment took place within the framework of the project. In the middle of the 20th century, Kittinger became the first person in the world to ascend into the stratosphere without a spacecraft. Its limit was 31,300 meters.

The jump became more difficult. Already in the sky, Joseph discovered a microcrack in his glove, but did not report it to Earth. Jumping from space heights, he developed a speed of 998 km / h before opening the parachute. He did it in advance, at an altitude of 5,500 m, thus not breaking the record for the duration of a free fall. On the ground, it turned out that his hand was badly damaged, but Joseph managed to break several records.

Evgeny Andreev

On November 1, 1962, two were planning to make the highest jump: Evgeny Andreev and Pyotr Dolgov. They ascended to a height of 25,500 m and stepped. Evgeny Andreev flew 25,000 m in free fall, and only at a distance of 500 meters from the surface he opened his parachute. This incident was the longest leap in the world. The athlete miraculously managed to survive.

The fate of his partner was tragic. His spacesuit was depressurized during the jump. He died before reaching Earth.

Plans for the future

The most ambitious plan can be considered the dream of the French athlete Michel Fournier, who wanted to make the highest jump from a height of 40 thousand meters. The first attempt was already made, but while Michel was preparing for the start, his balloon flew away without him. According to rumors, Fournier is not ready to give up and will try again.

Maybe it was a sign? Nobody knows what will happen if a person can exceed supersonic speed so much. What if it was torn to pieces right in the sky? Scientists and parachutists have asked themselves these questions more than once. But, nevertheless, courage and courage every time make them ascend to the sky again and again.

Have you ever thought about skydiving? Imagine: you are flying through the sky, and then on a parachute slowly and smoothly slide to the ground ... And all this time there are only three in the world: air, you and a parachute.

But the problem is that for most it would not last long: three seconds - a free fall, a few more minutes - a parachute descent. But there are people who want to stretch this pleasure. And it was such a person who made the highest parachute jump. Do you know who it was?

Felix Baumgartner

The most dangerous, risky, high, long, unusual parachute jump took place quite recently, on October 14, 2012. The main character was Felix Baumgartor, an elderly Austrian paratrooper. This unique project would not have been implemented without the information, technical and material support of Red Bull (a good implementation of the phrase "Red Bull inspires"). She also organized an online broadcast of the entire jump. True, the cunning marketers gave a 20-second delay in case something unexpected happened. Spectators should not see the disfigured body of the parachutist.

The landing was successful

But everything went well. A balloon filled with helium was attached to a special gondola. He lifted the extreme into the stratosphere, to a height of 39 kilometers. This height has already become a record. But then there were even more of them:

1. 36.5 kilometers of free fall without a parachute.
2. It took 10 seconds to reach the record for the duration of a free fall. His time was 4 minutes 20 seconds.
3. He did not just break the sound barrier, his speed of falling was a record 1193 kilometers per hour.

By the way, Felix also holds a silver record. In preparation for his finest hour, he made several jumps. The most impressive was from a height of 29.5 kilometers, which has already surpassed the previous record.

So far, not a single such jump has been made, but nevertheless, in the history of parachuting, such attempts have been made more than once or not twice.

Historical moment

It's nice to know that for half a century the record for the highest parachute jump belonged to our compatriot, Evgeny Andreev.

He made his jump in 1962 using the Volga stratospheric balloon. As a result, he flew 24.5 kilometers in free fall, opening his parachute only at an altitude of one kilometer.

And if his height record has already been broken, then he still owns another achievement: duration. After all, he spent 4 minutes 30 seconds in this state.

Joseph Kittinger

American Air Force Officer Joseph Kittinger made history as the author of one of the highest jumps ever made. He took part in the Excelsier project, designed to explore the limits of human capabilities and the prospects for stratospheric jumping.

Still successful landing

The first of a series of experiments was carried out on November 16, 1959. Its height was 23.3 kilometers. The highest jump took place on August 16, 1960 and became the longest of all - 31.3 kilometers or 4.36 seconds with a maximum speed of 988 kilometers per hour.

But these achievements are somewhat controversial, as Joseph used a stabilizing parachute when jumping, in contrast to the first two "places".

But even that doesn't make his achievement any less impressive.

These, of course, are not all attempts of this kind. People have always strived to push the boundaries of what is possible. Therefore, it is unlikely that even Felix Baumgartner will remain unsurpassed for a long time, let alone the rest.

On October 14, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner made a jump from the stratosphere from a height of 39 kilometers and landed successfully in New Mexico. The data on the speed of his flight is still being specified, but most likely he became the first person to overcome the sound barrier without special devices. In addition, the 43-year-old Austrian has broken three world records: the highest skydiving height, the highest falling speed and the highest manned balloon flight.

This was the most important and last jump. Fearless Felix decided to retire. Now he intends to fly in helicopters: the Austrian will help firefighters and rescuers. After all, what else is there for someone who already has a million Likes on Facebook? At the same time, by the way, here is the answer to the question: how to get a million likes on your page? It's very simple: jump with a parachute from a height of 40 kilometers. There will be no end to the fans.

Baumgartner invested seven years of his life in this leap. All participants in the project knew that he was taking a great risk: the organizers of the live broadcast, according to some reports, were reporting with a 20-second delay - in case something tragic happened to Baumgartner. The video was shown on 40 TV channels in 50 countries of the world, and despite this, another eight million people watched what was happening on YouTube. The cameras showed his mother, Eva, who seemed to be crying throughout the broadcast. He himself, upon returning to the sinful land of the state of New Mexico, said: “How tiny and humble I felt when I stood there, on the edge of the earth! At such a moment it is impossible to think about records, about new scientific data. if you want it is to come back alive. "

The first attempt, scheduled for Tuesday October 9th, was canceled due to strong winds. Finally, on Sunday, a giant, helium-inflated balloon the size of a 55-story building took off. Baumgartner sat inside a capsule attached to a balloon. About 30 video cameras were installed on it. Those who watched the live broadcast could see him calmly checking the equipment inside the capsule. When the balloon reached a height of 39 thousand meters, the parachutist left it. He was wearing a special pressure-control suit that was almost a spacesuit in terms of its parameters. The white figure hovers against the background of a black space that can hardly be called the sky. It looked very impressive and very scary.

For the first 90 seconds, Felix was out of touch with the ground. For about 10-20 seconds, he tried to stop the frenzied spin, and, according to him, it was hell: “You never know if you can take control of this spin or not. Of course it was wildly scary. because I knew that at some point I would put the situation under control. " The question was that he did not want to open the stabilizing (braking) parachute - that would mean that he would not break the record for the longest free fall. Baumgartner was counting on himself. The risk was great, but the record beckoned, and the jump was announced as the last - no second chance was foreseen.

As a result, Felix coped with the rotation, although it was not easy for him. Even the day before, as the German Sueddeutsche Zeitung writes, it was not clear to the end what could happen to the human body if something went wrong at such a height: the suit could not withstand the temperature drop "overboard", the blood would boil, brain. Even "ordinary" loss of consciousness from overloads could well end in death. According to preliminary data, the speed of a freely falling person at a certain stage exceeded 1340 kilometers per hour (for example, the cruising speed of Boeing-767 and Airbus A-320 is about 900 kilometers per hour). And there is not much time to think and to try to fix the situation: it only seems that there is to fly and fly, but in fact, Baumgartner covered the distance of more than 39 kilometers in less than 10 minutes (of which 4 minutes and 20 seconds - in free fall). Some do not even have time to smoke in such a time.

The data on his speed are now being verified, this is also important in order to firmly establish whether he really became the first person in the world to break the sound barrier not on an airplane or in a spacecraft, but without any technical means. The fact is that the speed of sound in air, generally speaking, depends on temperature (the dependence on pressure, for example, for sound waves, can be neglected). It takes time to carry out these calculations, but the world's newspapers unanimously passed their verdict: "Yes, I got over it."

Despite all the efforts and intention not to open the parachute until the last moment, Felix failed to break the achievement of 50 years ago - the record for the longest free fall. It was installed in 1960 by the American military pilot Joseph Kittinger. He jumped from a height of 31 thousand 300 meters, developed a speed of about 988 kilometers per hour and was in "free fall" for 4 minutes 36 seconds (276 seconds). The record is considered universally recognized, although the main agency for this part, the International Aeronautical Federation (FAI), does not recognize it: Kittinger "flew" with an open brake parachute.

The record with an unopened parachute was set two years later by the Soviet tester Yevgeny Nikolaevich Andreev: on October 1, 1962, he and his partner Pyotr Dolgov made a jump from the Volga stratospheric balloon from a height of 25,500 meters. Andreev fell, without opening the parachute, 24 thousand 500 meters. Thus, his "free fall" at a speed of about 900 kilometers per hour lasted 270 seconds. It turns out that, if you do not take into account Kittinger's controversial achievement, the Austrian did not break the record set by the Soviet parachutist - Baumgartner flew without a parachute 10 seconds less than Andreev.

The Soviet test partner Dolgov died during the experiment. The reason was an accident: after the ejection, he hit the helmet on the lining of the stratospheric balloon gondola. There was a small crack, but because of it the air immediately went out and the parachutist's blood boiled. The opening dome lowered his body to the ground, and the testers watching the decline did not even know that he was dead. Andreev lived for almost 40 more years, was repeatedly engaged in tests and died in 2000 in the village of Chkalovsky, Moscow Region. Andreev and Dolgov were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Kittinger is now 84 years old, and he was very active in the Baumgartner project. Throughout the flight, the veteran and record holder was the only person who kept in touch with the parachutist. It was under his leadership that the flight was being prepared, he was one of the main consultants. Baumgartner told reporters that Kittinger was needed by the team precisely in order to try to break his record. And this fact alone, he added, speaks of what knowledge and what courage the researchers possessed in the 1960s.

Baumgartner himself can not be denied courage and ingenuity: in 2003 he became the first person to fly the English Channel on carbon wings designed by him. In 2008, he leapt from the tallest building on the planet, the 509-meter Tower 101 in Taipei City, Taiwan. He also owns the record in jumping from the smallest height: he managed to jump from the 29-meter statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro - the statue, of course, is famous in the world for its gigantic size, but it is rather small for skydiving.

The record-breaking flight was sponsored by Red Bull, the manufacturer of the popular energy drink. According to some reports, she paid about 50 million euros for this project, but the company did not make an official statement. The capsule in which Baumgartner went to conquer the stratosphere bore the inscription Zenith, but this gesture was not at all a tribute to one of the most famous Soviet spacecraft. The Austrian acted as an envoy of the watch company of the same name, and now its website has a proud inscription: it was our model that became the first watch to break the sound barrier in the outer space. Although this is an obvious coincidence, the Zenith inscription on the capsule looked quite symbolic.

The media that set records, but on October 14, Baumgartner made a real revolution: while he was falling from the stratosphere, the word jump (English jump) came across in more than half of all tweets on the planet and the parachutist for the first time managed to displace the hashtag "Justin Bieber" (#justin bieber ) from the first place in the top. For this, perhaps, it was worth fighting.