The Austrian daredevil became the first man to break the sound barrier in a record-shattering freefall jump from the edge of space.
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner Breaks Sound Barrier
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Baumgartner is seen in a screen at mission control center in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012.
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Felix Baumgartner sits in his trailer before the flight.
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The capsule and attached helium balloon carrying Baumgartner lifts off from Roswell, N.M.
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Baumgartner waves after his successful jump. He came down safely in the eastern New Mexico desert about nine minutes after jumping from his capsule roughly 39 km (24 miles) above Earth.