Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An image collage containing 3 images, Image 1 shows Felix Baumgartner after breaking the sound barrier during the Red Bull Stratos ...

Baumgartner was killed on Thursday, July 17, and had been flying over Porto Sant'Elpidio in Italy Gabrielle Rockson is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023 and covers entertainment ...

ROSWELL, N.M. -- In a giant leap from more than 24 miles up, a daredevil skydiver shattered the sound barrier Sunday while making the highest jump ever -- a tumbling, death-defying plunge from a ...

Euronews Culture had the opportunity to interview Baumgartner in 2022, to mark the 10th anniversary of his legendary jump. We remember the intrepid record-breaker and the impact he had on the world of ...

Daredevil Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking jump raises hopes that pilots and even astronauts can be saved from accidents in the stratosphere, experts said on Monday. Michel Viso, an expert in ...

Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of sound during his stratospheric leap from 128,097 feet on Sunday and landed safely 9 minutes and 3 seconds later, touching down so gracefully that he made the whole ...

An inquiry found that extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner’s death in a paragliding crash was caused by human error. Baumgartner, the first skydiver to fall faster ...

Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed gracefully on Earth after a 24-mile jump Sunday from the stratosphere in a daring, dramatic feat that officials said made him the first skydiver to fall faster ...

We followed the exploits of Felix Baumgartner and the Red Bull Stratos team with interest back in October of 2012. Baumgartner climbed into a specially designed capsule attached to a massive balloon ...

The 43-year-old was hoping also to break the sound barrier during his descent – although that mark awaits confirmation. Video cameras relayed the moment Baumgartner stepped from his balloon capsule to ...

On October 14th 2012, Felix Baumgartner set a new world record for highest ever skydive. I remember sitting there and watching the whole thing live as the whole event unfolded, in what was likely one ...

Red Bull Stratos, a project five years in the making, will finally take flight today. Skydiver Felix Baumgartner will fall from near-space about 23 miles above the Earth's surface, breaking the speed ...