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====Felix Baumgartner==== In October 2012 [[Felix Baumgartner]], with a team of scientists and sponsor Red Bull, attempted the highest sky-dive on record. The project would see Baumgartner attempt to jump 120,000 ft (36,580 m) from a helium balloon and become the first parachutist to break the sound barrier. The launch was scheduled for 9 October 2012, but was aborted due to adverse weather; subsequently the capsule was launched instead on 14 October. Baumgartner's feat also marked the 65th anniversary of U.S. test pilot [[Chuck Yeager]]'s successful attempt to break the sound barrier in an aircraft.<ref name="ABC"/> Baumgartner landed in eastern New Mexico after jumping from a world record 128,100 feet (39,045 m), or 24.26 miles, and broke the sound barrier as he traveled at speeds up to 833.9 mph (1342 km/h, or Mach 1.26). In the press conference after his jump, it was announced that he was in freefall for 4 minutes 18 seconds, the second longest freefall after the 1960 jump of [[Joseph Kittinger]] for 4 minutes 36 seconds.<ref name="ABC">Sunseri, Gina and Kevin Doak. [https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/felix-baumgartner-daredevil-lands-earth-record-breaking-supersonic/story?id=17465225 "Felix Baumgartner: Daredevil Lands on Earth After Record Breaking Supersonic Leap"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111212821/https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/felix-baumgartner-daredevil-lands-earth-record-breaking-supersonic/story?id=17465225 |date=2020-11-11 }}. ''ABC News'', October 14, 2012.</ref>
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