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Felix Baumgartner’s Supersonic Freefall from 120,000 ft a Success

by TonyDasilva on October 18, 2012

AFTER FLYING TO AN ALTITUDE OF 39,045 METERS (128,100 FEET) IN A HELIUM-FILLED BALLOON, FELIX BAUMGARTNER COMPLETED A RECORD BREAKING JUMP FROM THE EDGE OF SPACE, EXACTLY 65 YEARS AFTER CHUCK YEAGER FIRST BROKE THE SOUND.

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Felix Baumgartner to Break Sound Barrier in Skydive From Stratosphere

by Trailblazer August 12, 2010 Random
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Felix Baumgartner has already set free-falling records in this atmosphere—highest B.A.S.E. jump from a building, lowest B.A.S.E. jump—so now he’s taking his parachutes into the stratosphere. Later this year, the 41-year-old Austrian will ride in a pressurized capsule attached to a helium balloon 120,000 feet above the Earth. And then he’ll jump out. Baumgartner is [...]

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