People are fascinated about the world above them because it seems so out-of-reach.

It took Baumgartner about 90 minutes to reach the target altitude and his free fall was estimated to have lasted three minutes and 48 seconds before his parachutes were deployed. 6 mph) or Mach 1. Baumgartner also set the world record for the lowest BASE jump ever when he jumped 29 metres (95 ft) from the hand of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.

25 on 14 October 2012 and became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power on his descent. Felix Baumgartner (German: [felɪks baʊmgaːɐtnəʁ]; born 20 April 1969) is an Austrian skydiver daredevil and BASE jumper. As part of this project he set the altitude record for a manned balloon flight parachute jump from the highest altitude and greatest free fall velocity.