Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking supersonic jump was an amazing feat of human endeavour. But getting Felix to break the speed of sound caused Red Bull Stratos technical project director Art Thompson some engineering headaches. Here's how he solved them. More »
Felix Baumgartner*made the world's first-ever skydive from space yesterday, becoming the first person to ever break the sound barrier outside of an aircraft (which means he was free falling at 834 miles per hour, or Mach 1.24). The 43-year-old Austrian pilot is also a skydiver and BASE jumper...
Skydiving daredevil Felix Baumgartner leapt into the science and internet record books Sunday, riding a balloon 24 miles up, skydiving back down faster than the speed of sound and breaking...