Felix Baumgartner

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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1. When was Felix Baumgartner born?April 20, 1969
2. Where was Felix Baumgartner born?Salzburg, Austria
3. What is the career?Austrian skydiver, extreme sportsman, and BASE jumper
4. Who is Felix Baumgartner?Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian extreme sports athlete born in 1969. He is famous for his daring jumps from high places and for breaking many world records.
5. What happened during the Red Bull Stratos jump?In 2012, he jumped from a pressurized capsule at about 38,969 meters high. He fell faster than a race car, breaking the sound barrier and reaching 1,357.64 km/h.

Stratosphere: The second major layer of Earth's atmosphere, extending from about 6 to 31 miles above the surface, characterized by low pressure and temperature.
Sound Barrier: The speed at which sound waves travel through a medium; exceeding this speed is known as breaking the sound barrier.
Mach Number: A dimensionless quantity representing the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the surrounding medium.
Drogue Parachute: A small parachute deployed to stabilize or slow down a vehicle or person during high-speed descent, particularly in supersonic or hypersonic flight.