3,574,722 are currently watching Felix Baumgartner/Stratos mission not on TV now but on YouTube http://t.co/HYnD4Dqb
— LIQUID NEWSROOM® (@LiquidNewsroom) October 14, 2012
Austrian daredevil and skydiver Felix Baumgartner hopes to make the highest jump in history today, while attempting to be the first skydiver to break the speed of sound. From space! Millions are watching via youtube and social media is buzzing.
#felixbaumgartner reached 60.000 feet. #redbull #stratos #mission #control room by @joergmitter @limeximages http://t.co/WmTaFGsc
— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 14, 2012
"If something goes wrong, there’s no way to escape"–Felix Baumgartner. #stratos #livejump http://t.co/EGqPvkdU
— Popular Science (@PopSci) October 14, 2012
#RedBullStratos #livejump live on the go on my #Iphone pic.twitter.com/YNd5RKLA
— Nimer Tiger (@n989) October 14, 2012
The first time a human being will break the speed of sound outside of being in an aircraft. #LiveJump #Stratos http://t.co/pk293fHh
— . (@mouselink) October 14, 2012
Red Bull #Stratos best brand activation this year? This decade? 3 mil people watching on YouTube! Wish I'd done it! Well done Red Bull team
— Musa Tariq (@MusaTariq) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/CarsonDaly/status/257524654397349888
https://twitter.com/Rschrim/status/257524879849578496
Baumgartner should break the sound barrier about 30 seconds into his jump http://t.co/nI8k2nwD #livejump
— Mandy Nagy (@Liberty_Chick) October 14, 2012
Felix is now over twice the height that commercial airliners fly at. Amazing! #stratos #livejump
— Red Bull UK (@RedBullUK) October 14, 2012
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Amazing. Since social media is fully involved here, of course there is some internet snark.
All I'm saying is, if Felix Baumgartner ISN'T wearing a Superman outfit when he jumps, he's wasting all of our time.
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) October 14, 2012
Some amazing #foursquare checkins options for #Felix 🙂 #edgeofspace #livejump #felixbaumgartner #RedBullStratos
— Virginia Gordon (@chatsbury) October 14, 2012
-Do you remember what were you doing when Felix Baumgartner jumped?
-Yes, tweeting. #livejump— Josep M. Ganyet (@ganyet) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/owlcity/status/257526226309218304
https://twitter.com/jonoBLITZ/status/257523425432707072
https://twitter.com/fsmikey/status/257510112342716418
https://twitter.com/SimonNRicketts/status/257519912820563968
Dang it – who the hell just ousted me as Mayor of the Earth's stratosphere on @FourSquare? #stratos #livejump
— nascarcasm (@nascarcasm) October 14, 2012
In just about an hour, the entire internet will spontaneously burst into a Tom Petty song. #spacejump
— The Real Matt Finn (@mdrache) October 14, 2012
#spacejump Trivia: Felix Baumgartner speaks fluent Austrian.
— The Real Matt Finn (@mdrache) October 14, 2012
Heh. Twitchy will monitor and update with further reports.
Update: Wow! Felix himself is tweeting his jump?
https://twitter.com/FelixBaumgart/status/257523057982337026
https://twitter.com/FelixBaumgart/status/257527921617563648
Tweets from space? Or are they? Account not verified and was set up earlier this month with this tweet.
https://twitter.com/FelixBaumgart/status/253596849376739328
More photos and reactions from those watching.
#RedBullStratos pic.twitter.com/sNBCzlVH
— Bruno Sánchez (@Bruno_san_bae) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/mcneil1088/status/257529180823105537
Felix is ascending at an average rate of 1,000 ft per minute. #stratos #livejump pic.twitter.com/UeGXDL66
— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 14, 2012
Incredible. #RedBullStratos pic.twitter.com/LJAlaUVV
— Ashley Nixon ?? (@ashleynixon95) October 14, 2012
YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING #redbull #stratos http://t.co/HgRsiHPz
— Aaron Angel (@AaronMAngel) October 14, 2012
Update: Jump proceeding, even with technical issues.
http://t.co/oNCnwiIb This dude is supposed to skydive from over 120,000 feet in minutes and has a problem with his visor…
— Nick Ferrin (@NickFerrin) October 14, 2012
passing the 120,000ft waiting for the balloon to level off #redbullstratos #livejump #livefeed http://t.co/AICGmboc
— Asyraf Sulaiman (@asyrafs) October 14, 2012
So crazy. Getting close to jump point. #redbullstratos http://t.co/3mynmISY
— Josh Austin (@joshaustin) October 14, 2012
Phew "Visor heated" Ready to jump!#FelixBaumgartner #RedBullStratos at 38km
— ?????? ????????? ?? (@jaspio) October 14, 2012
I don't know whats more awesome #FelixBaumgartner jumping from space or that I'm watching it happen live? #RedBullStratos
— Brad Panovich (@wxbrad) October 14, 2012
Cheers #felixbaumgartner ! #redbullstratos #livejump #stratos pic.twitter.com/eAQLuVcL
— Julio (@rouliofr) October 14, 2012
World record broken.
Felix just broke the record for the record of highest manned balloon flight at over 113,740 ft. http://t.co/rf5aDN7D
— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 14, 2012
Anticipation continues to build. Everyone’s thoughts and prayers are with Felix!
I've actually got 1 eye on the @NYJets & 1 eye on the space jump guy. Wild.
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) October 14, 2012
This is one of those moments it feels like everything has stopped, & the whole world is doing the same thing. #RedBullStratos #spacejump
— Ted Newton (@Ted_Newton) October 14, 2012
OMG He's going to do it! #spacejump #RedBullStratos
— Shannon Morse wears a mask and you should too! (@Snubs) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/hanwwfcx/status/257539994049187841
Absolutely Fascinating! @RedbullStratos #livejump #stratos pic.twitter.com/gxboIkcp
— Michael Pranikoff (@mpranikoff) October 14, 2012
Godspeed, Felix. #SpaceJump #ScaredToWatch
— Susie Moore (@SmoosieQ) October 14, 2012
Turns out Americans are still interested in Space. YouTube breaking records. #SpaceJump #LiveJump
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) October 14, 2012
Here we go!
https://twitter.com/brandikolmer/status/257550673019809794
https://twitter.com/FelixBaumgart/status/257528826559623168
His (or his parody account’s) last tweet before his jump.
THE DOOR HAS OPEN #RedBullStratos
— Anett ∞ (@Anets0) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/valerie_leek/status/257542602268762112
https://twitter.com/ResistanceDown/status/257542635567316993
https://twitter.com/KayleighBeere/status/257543110261891074
And he's off! #redbullstratos
— Tube-Up (@TubeUp2012) October 14, 2012
SHIT JUST GOT REAL #redbull #stratos http://t.co/Yma43TEg
— CS (@xcspanksx) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/DannyHurleyy/status/257543381331349506
OH MON DIEU. #FelixBaumgartner #RedBullStratos #GoFelix
— Justine (@JustineDequatre) October 14, 2012
hey #cnn go back to the feed you worthless reporters! #RedBullStratos
— Trevor Smiley (@trevorsmiley) October 14, 2012
CNN has broken away from live feed until Felix has safely landed.
My hands were shaking #stratos @ Place Broglie http://t.co/oK0Wo5DU
— Angeliki (@Capoglou) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/JaynieH23/status/257544852760297472
I just watched a guy jump to earth from space… #wow. #redbull #stratos #redbullstratos @ Best Buy http://t.co/ZLuRitrZ
— lazy_bhikkhu (@lazy_bhikkhu) October 14, 2012
Update: He does it! History is made and the world was watching, together, via the power of social media.
Ole !!!! Con 2 cojones y de pie!!! #RedBullStratos #Baumgartner #stratos #livejump pic.twitter.com/9WDiuZRt
— Anya Silva (@Anya_Nyr) October 14, 2012
TOUCHDOWN!!!! #redbullstratos
— Ik ben Hans (@H2O_B) October 14, 2012
Le voilà sur Terre !! Bravo l'équipe de #stratos !! pic.twitter.com/kNZRuqek
— Bruno Guglielminetti (@Guglielminetti) October 14, 2012
He did it! #Stratos #Felix pic.twitter.com/eip86s9N
— Theresa Krause (@TheresaTK) October 14, 2012
#stratos was amazing to watch! History has been made today. http://t.co/qJfjwDbi
— Lauren ♛△⃒⃘ (@MissVxo) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/yusufm93/status/257546574199152641
Amazing TV. Massive Congrats to Felix Baumgartner. That was epic!#redbullstratos
— Dai Greene (@DaiGreene) October 14, 2012
Feel like I'll be glad I watched this some day. #LiveJump #SpaceJump
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) October 14, 2012
Update: More from the unverified Felix Twitter account; this was retweeted after landing.
Felix has landed safely from his jump from the Stratosphere. http://t.co/rf5aDN7D
— Red Bull Stratos (@RedBullStratos) October 14, 2012
https://twitter.com/FelixBaumgart/status/257550424989650944
Congratulations, Felix. You made history today!
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