Fearless Felix and his Big Fall
Felix Baumgartner prepares to break the sound barrier Sunday.
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Felix and his Supersonic Skydive
Felix Baumgartner, of Austria, pumps his fist to the crowd after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon at a height of just over 128,000 feet above the Earth's surface, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, in Roswell, N.M. Baumgartner came down safely in the eastern New Mexico desert minutes about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule 128,097 feet, or roughly 24 miles, above Earth
Credit: (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
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