Space

Waking up, working, and going to sleep in Zero G When we settle into our beds at night, we usually experience a pleasant sense of unburdening. After a long day of walking, sitting, and standing, letting gravity do the work and sinking into a soft mattress can be a relief. …

Felix Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall from 39,045 meters After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier flying in an …