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Felix Baumgartner reflects on iconic space jump in resurfaced clip after his death
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7/18/2025
Felix Baumgartner reflects on iconic Red Bull Stratos space jumpRed Bull
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00:00
I'm the guy who jumped from space.
00:09
I wanted to be the first human outside of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier.
00:13
I always can see what I can see.
00:20
I almost weigh twice the weight that I normally have.
00:23
And it's very difficult to do a perfect exit.
00:26
Do not over-rotate.
00:27
Because if I start over-rotating, there's no air that you can use to slow down.
00:32
Okay, John, I'm ready.
00:35
Okay, here we go, Felix.
00:37
I'm going home now.
00:48
Drop our way.
00:49
The first 25 seconds, it looked like everything was under control.
01:03
And after 34 seconds, I hit Mach 1 and I broke the speed of sound.
01:08
Was that him breaking it?
01:09
Yeah.
01:12
That was our goal.
01:13
I wanted to be the first human outside of an aircraft breaking the sound barrier.
01:18
Because of the fact that a lot of those scientists said, prior to the jump, you're going to spin
01:24
like crazy.
01:25
And the other half said, we don't think anything is going to happen.
01:29
I was mentally prepared to spin, but I was hoping that I'm not going to spin.
01:34
Now, if you watch the next couple of seconds, you see at that moment, it slowly starts to
01:40
spin.
01:40
It's getting faster.
01:43
The problem is there's no protocol.
01:45
There's nobody in the world telling you, listen, Felix, if this happens, you have to do
01:49
this while the whole world is watching.
01:51
The problem is there.
01:58
I'm sorry.
01:59
I'm sorry.
02:02
We're all happy.
02:05
Bye.
02:05
Bye.
02:07
Bye.
02:08
Bye.
02:11
Bye.
02:14
Bye.
02:20
Bye.
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