Felix Baumgartner Survives 17-Mile Plunge

Next stop: the edge of space.

Adventurer Felix Baumgartner has successfully jumped from from 96,640 feet (29,455 meters) from a custom balloon — the last test required before his planned 23-mile freefall from the edge of space can take place.

On that jump, Baumgarther will achieve supersonic speeds.

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    This is so cool. Can you imagine traveling, without a machine around you, at the speed of sound, with nothing to stop...
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    Oh what
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    This is awsome! Reminds me of that scene from the new Star Trek reboot!
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