Felix Baumgartner ascended to 128,100 feet in a stratospheric balloon. He had some help from a team of experts, of course.
Though Baumgartner is a professional skydiver, he didn't have much experience in free falling form outer space.
I can't really blame him, space has always been the final frontier. Check out these 25 stunning photos and tell me you wouldn't want the chance to experience the universe.
With a maximum speed of 843.6 per hour, Baumgartner fell for a total of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. This man's great achievement is literally one of my worst nightmares.
The Austrian skydiver broke three records in total: not only did he break the record for going faster than the speed of sound, he also broke the records for highest freefall and highest manned balloon flight.
His ride, however, wasn't as smooth as he had hoped.
"It was an incredible up and down today, just like it's been with the whole project," he said. "The exit was perfect but then I started spinning slowly. I thought I'd just spin a few times and that would be that, but then I started to speed up. It was really brutal at times. I thought for a few seconds that I'd lose consciousness. I didn't feel a sonic boom because I was so busy just trying to stabilize myself."
You need to watch the amazing moment they realize Baumgartner is safe… It's definitely emotional!
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