Red Bull Stratos: Mission to the Edge of Space
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National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Free
The National Air and Space Museum will display the temporary exhibition Red Bull Stratos: Mission to the Edge of Space from April 2 to May 26, 2014. The exhibition includes the pressurized balloon gondola in which Felix Baumgartner ascended to an altitude of 39,045 meters (127,852 feet)–the edge of space–over Roswell, New Mexico on October 14, 2012, and the pressure suit that he wore on a flight to 29,610 meters (97,145 feet) on July 25.
Pilot Felix Baumgartner of Austria jumps out from the capsule during the final flight for Red Bull Stratos in Roswell, New Mexico, USA on October 14, 2012.
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