Red Bull Stratos - Latest Testing Revealed

Red Bull Stratos Team Announces Latest Test Results
As Mission Moves Forward, Felix Baumgartner Discusses What’s Working, What Concerns Remain

Santa Monica, Calif. – June 29, 2010 – As Red Bull Stratos grows increasingly near to realisation, the mission’s aeronautics experts today announce encouraging results from the latest high-altitude test jumps and step-off procedure tests. Mission pilot Felix Baumgartner himself acknowledges feelings of both satisfaction and apprehension whilst the team prepares to move into a new phase of testing.

Choreographing the step-off, nailing the landing
During the last week in May 2010, the Red Bull Stratos team conducted three important tests:

Step-off from the actual capsule
Bungee jumps in the pressurised space suit to practice step-off technique
High-altitude skydives in a fully pressurised space suit for the first time

Channel:: Outdoor
Event:: Red Bull Stratos 2010
Website:: http://www.redbullstratos.com/
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