Felix Baumgartner Live Stream Canceled: Space Jump Aborted due to Weather Conditions, Radio Failure
After a 5- hour hold. Felix Baumgartner look very disappointed when his "Red Bull Stratos" mission was aborted on Tuesday.
The "Red Bull Stratos" was aborted at 1:42 pm EST.
A live stream of the jump showed a fully focused Baumgartner awaiting to be launched to 120,000 feet above the earth inside a capsule. But he looked frustrated as stronger winds returned and technical problems obscured his dream today.
It is uncertain whether Baumgartner and the team will try again Wednesday.
The winds had calmed down at around 1 p.m. EST and the mission's crew was set to launch the capsule. However the winds became too risky to continue with the launch. Other technical problems surfaced, including a radio system that went down, according to the person narrating the event on the live streaming feed Tuesday.
Red Bull which is sponsoring the event, had not officially re-scheduled the mission as of 2:07 pm EST.