The daredevil skydiver, 43, landed on the ground Sunday after a record-breaking jump from the edge of space about 128,000 feet – that#39;s more than 24 miles – above the Earth, becoming the first person to break the sound barrier sans the safeguard of a vehicle. Supported by NASA alum and aircraft designers from the Red Bull Stratos team, Baumgartner free-fell, at one point hitting Mach 1.24 – or 834 mph – before he opened his parachute and glided to safety in Roswell, N.M. “He made it – tears
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Felix Baumgartner Space Jump
