World Record Freefall

• On October 14th or this passing Sunday, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a 700-foot high helium balloon.
• The daredevil jumped from 24.2 miles high up.
• He broke records for the highest jump, the first person to break the speed of sound without the help of a vehicle, and the fastest freefall.
• During the jump he broke Mach (the speed of sound).
• He reached a final speed of Mach 1.24 or 834 mph.
• He almost broke the record for the longest freefall which is four minutes and 36 seconds.
• That record is held by Joe Kittinger who also jumped from a helium balloon at 19 miles high.
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