Aerial daredevil's free fall will be stratospheric
Friday, October 5, 2012 - 07:20
in Earth & Climate
Felix Baumgartner plans to leap from a height of 23 miles in an attempt to break a 1960 free-fall record and provide lessons for high-altitude escapes.Teetering 23 miles above the New Mexico desert, Felix Baumgartner plans to leap head first into the abyss and become the first free-falling human to break the sound barrier as he plummets to the ground.