The next daredevil attempting to break the world record for freefall speed will have to go a little faster following the release of new data from Felix Baumgartner’s jump from the edge of space in October.
According to Red Bull Stratos, Baumgartner achieved even higher speeds than initially thought, albeit by slight margins, after jumping out of a specially crafted capsule more than 23 miles above the Earth. The revised numbers came in at 843.6 mph, or Mach 1.25, as opposed to the previous estimate of 833.9 mph/Mach 1.24. The length of the jump was also revised downward slightly, from 39,045 meters to 38,969.4 meters.
