7mate to screen Mission to the Edge of Space

7mate will screen the live launch of the Red Bull Stratos event ‘Mission to the Edge of Space’ tomorrow night in which athlete Felix Baumgartner will undertake a stratospheric balloon flight to more than 120,000 feet/36,576 meters and make a freefall jump.

Originally set to take place today, it has been delayed until tomorrow due to weather conditions.

If successful, Baumgartner will become the first man to break the speed of sound with his own body plus four world records:

– Reaching supersonic speed in freefall (breaking the sound barrier)
– Highest manned balloon flight
– Longest freefall
– Freefall from highest altitude

Seven News’ US Bureau Chief Mike Amor will be covering the event live from Roswell.

11:15pm AEDT Tuesday exclusive to 7mate.