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About Felix Baumgartner
- Felix Baumgartner (German: ['fe?l?ks 'ba??m?ga??tn?]; born 20 April 1969) is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil, and BASE jumper.
- He is best known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon from the stratosphere on 14 October 2012 and landing in New Mexico, USA as part of the Red Bull Stratos project.
- Doing so, he set world records for skydiving an estimated 39 km (24 mi), reaching an estimated top speed of 1,357.64 km/h (843.6 mph), or Mach 1.25.
- He became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power relative to the surface on his descent.
- He broke skydiving records for exit altitude, vertical freefall distance with a drogue parachute, and vertical speed without a drogue.
- Though he still holds the two latter records, the first was broken two years later, when on 24 October 2014, Alan Eustace jumped from 135,890 feet—or, 41.42 km (25.74 mi) with a drogue.Baumgartner is also renowned for the particularly dangerous nature of the stunts he has performed during his career.
- Baumgartner spent time in the Austrian military where he practiced parachute jumping, including training to land on small target zones.
