Felix Baumgartner space jump 'helmet cam' - watch video

Footage from Felix Baumgartner's helmet camera as he jumped from space has been released.

The Austrian-born skydiver freefell from 128,000 ft (39 km, or 24.3 miles) above Earth on Sunday (October 14), landing in the New Mexico desert.



The footage from a chest camera pointing at Baumgartner's helmet - broadcast on Austrian TV - shows the jumper uncontrollably spinning after he first leaves the capsule.

It was recently revealed that Felix Baumgartner's space jump set a new YouTube streaming record, with 8 million people tuning in to watch the event online.