Watch Full Video of Skydive from Stratosphere

Most people will never know what it is like to stand on the precipice of a high-altitude aircraft, look down at Earth, the spherical shape of which is starkly marked by the black void of space beyond, then jump out and enter a high-speed free fall toward home.

Last year, daredevil Felix Baumgartner made the jump, making him the first person to ever skydive from 24 miles above the ground. Monday, Red Bull, the energy drink company that sponsored the stunt, released first-person-perspective video of the jump taken by Baumgartner as he flew back to Earth, at one point reaching a peak velocity of Mach 1.25 and speeds as fast as 840 mph.

Camera and microphones on the daredevil's suit recorded the whole event, which lasted just under 10 minutes. Baumgartner was in a state of free fall for nearly four and a half minutes. Baumgartner never screams, yet the howl made as his suit cuts through the air is piercing.

The jump, which took place Oct. 14, 2012, was streamed live on YouTube, where 8 million people tuned in to watch the event, many perhaps keeping an eye out for the worst. Traveling at such high speeds creates the possibility for anything to go wrong, but fortunately Baumgartner touched down safely in the New Mexico desert, netting world records for his deed.

The pressurized suit he wore as he jumped from the Stratos space capsule later went on display at Space Center Houston.

Parts of the helmet cam video have been released before, but this week's release marks the first time the whole video has been made public. As of Wednesday afternoon, the clip had amassed more than 2 million views on YouTube.

The jump was technically made from Earth's stratosphere, and some experts have dismissed it as nothing more than a publicity stunt by Red Bull, as there was not much, scientifically, that could be gained by such an endeavor. Space, as we know it, starts at an altitude of 100 kilometers above ground. When Baumgartner made the jump, he was not even half that high, said Slate's astronomy writer Phil Plait.

Still, Plait said, if more people got interested in space exploration because of the stunt, it is can be considered a good thing.