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Heavy Winds Scrub 'Fearless Felix's' Launch
Heavy winds have scrubbed the second launch attempt Tuesday for Felix Baumgartner.
Update 11:54 a.m.: via Red Bull Stratos on Twitter
Mission abort due to heavy winds. #straos #livejump
— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 9, 2012
Update 11:42 a.m.: Winds have picked up and mission control has aborted the launch for today.
Here's a screencap of Joe Kittenger informing Baumgartner of the abort decision.
Update 11:05 a.m.: via Red Bull Stratos on Twiter
Felix enters the capsule. Inflation has officially begun. #stratos #livejump win.gs/PPJQll twitter.com/RedBullStratos…
— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 9, 2012
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Earlier:
After a weather delay earlier Tuesday morning, weather conditions have improved to where the 22 mile skydive is a 'go.'
The current status on the Red Bull Stratos website says:
Wind conditions improved. 30 million cf balloon is being laid out. Felix Baumgartner's suit up procedure is complete. Launch @ 11:15 MDT.
The AP has an explanation on the weather delay from this morning. It came courtesy of Don Day, the mission meteorologist. Felix is hoping that there will be a sonic boom during the free-fall jump from almost 22 miles up.
The previous record for this kind of jump was held by Joseph Kittinger. He jumped from a balloon gondola in August 1960 from about 19 and half miles up. Here's some archival footage of that jump via the Internet Archive.
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