It's Been One Year Since Felix Baumgartner Jumped From Space: Here's New POV Video Footage

Remember when Felix Baumgartner jumped to Earth from the edge of space? Here's the point-of-view footage

18 May 2015

"I'm going home now"

It's been a year since Felix Baumgartner jumped into the record books. The fearless Austrian leapt from 127,852 feet (38,969.3 metres) and spent 4 minutes and 19 seconds in free fall, reaching speeds of up to 843.6mph (1,357.64kph), before touching down in New Mexico. A full 365 days have passed since that fateful day, and as a reminder, Red Bull has released this 'point-of-view' video, complete with mission data.

Spinning violently out of control.

Approximately one minute into the video we see Felix lose control of his flight, falling into a gut-wrenching spin at more than 800mph. The Earth's horizon spins violently along the periphery of the shot, and the G-Force readout makes for grim reading. With his speed dropping to 500mph, Felix regains control, at which point we're treated to a few minutes of relative calm.

Falling at around 200mph, the Earth looks beautifully serene, the atmosphere casting a blue halo around the planet.

As he drops to 9000ft, Felix pulls the cord that deploys his parachute, which subjects him to heavy g-forces once more. As he glides gracefully to the ground, he flips his visor to take in the view, and reflect on his achievement. What a day!

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