Austrian Felix Baumgartner became the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound.
Also notable was the same multi-dialed Zenith model worn by Felix Baumgartner on his record-setting space dive.
In October, the Austrian Felix Baumgartner daredeviled his way into the record books with a 24-mile, soundbreaking skydive.
Moments after Felix Baumgartner stepped from his capsule 24 miles above Earth, the intrepid skydiver slipped into a wild spin.
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In October, Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in a 24-mile space jump, breaking the world record for the highest altitude skydive.
Skydiving pro Felix Baumgartner on Sunday successfully jumped 24 miles to Earth, breaking a world record set more than 50 years ago.
Yesterday, when I sat down to watch Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of outer space, like most people, I did it on YouTube.
Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner wore several of the devices when he made his record-breaking supersonic freefall from 39 kilometers above the earth in October.
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One of its members, Felix Baumgartner is about to take an epic jump from the edge of space, according to Red Bull Stratos official site.
The interesting thing about the balloon event is that it not only boosted the Red Bull brand, but simultaneously created the beginnings of the Felix Baumgartner brand.
Felix Baumgartner has made history by breaking the world record for the highest-ever skydive, jumping from a balloon more than 39km (128, 000 ft) up in the stratosphere.
Felix Baumgartner plans to leap from 23 miles above Earth on Sunday, breaking the speed of sound within 40 seconds before free falling for another five minutes or so.
This has never been more evident than last Sunday, as Forbes CMO Editor Jenny Rooney reported earlier this week, when skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped 24 miles to earth.
On October 14, Felix Baumgartner dove from 24 miles above earth, landing safely in New Mexico, setting records for highest altitude parachute jump and greatest free fall velocity in history.
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Case in point: This past October, the live stream of Redbull Stratos shattered YouTube records, drawing over 8 million viewers to watch Felix Baumgartner jump from space live.
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Masterminded by watchmaker Felix Baumgartner and designer Martin Frei, Urwerk has built its reputation on watch designs featuring digital numerals that rotate like satellites and display the time in a relatively linear manner.
Supported by a team of experts, Felix Baumgartner plans to ascend to 120, 000 feet in a stratospheric balloon and make a freefall jump rushing toward earth at supersonic speeds before parachuting to the ground.
Red Bull Stratos is an example of how Red Bull helps its athletes to achieve their professional goals, and the program is one that Red Bull developed together with Felix Baumgartner over the last five years.
"We congratulate Felix Baumgartner and the entire Red Bull Stratos team for their successful mission, and for creating a live stream with the most concurrent views ever on YouTube, " the company said on its blog.
Felix Baumgartner is not like most people.
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During the ascent of the giant balloon which will take Mr Baumgartner into the icy cold atmosphere and during the freefall, Col Kittinger's role will be to act as the point of contact between the mission control team and Felix Baumgartner.
While Felix Baumgartner landed safely on the ground just a matter of hours ago, the internet is still resonating with the sound of tweets, status updates and YouTube clicks, all thanks to what was one of the most spectacular human endeavors in recent history.
People from Seinfeld to Julie Klausner to Felix Baumgartner to Red Bull to Kenmore can provide social video content today and be confident of having access to millions of viewers outside of (and within) HBO, Netflix, ABC, NBC and other distribution and production channels.
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