Head Cam View Of Felix Baumgartner’s Historic Space Jump [Video]

Yesterday, millions watched as professional skydiver Felix Baumgartner jumped from an altitude of 128,097 ft for the project called Red Bull Stratos. Baumgartner not only broke the record for the highest skydive, but he also broke the sound barrier. That's right, he was falling so fast, he went supersonic at a speed of 1137 kmh, or Mach 1.24 which is 833 mph.

This video is from his head cam, so you can get a look at this historic jump from Felix's point of view. In the video, you can see when he started spinning in free fall. He was able to take control of himself spinning and didn't have to use his drogue chute to get him our of it.

He broke Colonel Joe Kittinger's 52-year old record of 102,800 ft. Kittinger served as CAPCOM (capsule communicator) for Baumgartner's jump and was his mentor for the Red Bull Stratos mission.

"Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you are." - Felix Baumgartner